US land was not rich in much of anything, so it was important to get food and clothing from somewhere.
In the U.S., There are some powers delegated to the government only, and others that are reserved to the states. However, there are powers that both the government and the states have and can exercise simultaneously within the U.S. territory, these are called concurrent powers. The areas in which the federal govenrment and the states have concurrent power include in the power to tax, make roads, protect the environment, establish bankruptcy laws, create lower courts and regulate elections, among others.
This would be the Strategic Defense Initiative, which was nicknamed "Star Wars".
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