What was the purpose of the "reserved powers" Amendment, or Tenth Amendment, to the American Constitution?
A)All powers not explicitly granted to the federal government in the Constitution were intended to remain with the states .
B)All powers not explicitly granted to the states in the Constitution were to remain with the federal government .
C)The states and the federal government must decide upon each individual power and determine where it should lay .
D)The federal government would decide what level of government was granted any new powers .
E)The federal government would reserve the right to revoke any powers from the states at any time .

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The Tenth Amendment was designed to affirm the principle of federalism by stating that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. This means that any power not explicitly given to the federal government is assumed to belong to the states or the people.

What Was the Purpose of the "Reserved Powers" Amendment, or Tenth