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The US Constitution states that Congress has the ability to organize a national army to protect the people and lands of the United States. This is a power that was not provided to Congress through the Articles of Confederation.
partly out of their fear of western states having more power; land-rich states would pay of their war debts and the day to day costs of state government with the income from the sale of their wetsern lands
On June 17, 1902, the United States Congress passed the Newlands Reclamation Act, dedicating the nation to a system of dams, irrigation canals and hydroelectric power plants in the arid states of the West under Theodore Roosevelt as President. from pat from job corp an doin pennfoster Grafton job corp
The United States Congress has the power to admit new states.
Congress can admit new states into the union.
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No congress votes on that issue but the states can pressure congress into voting either way.
The power that is reserved to the states.
congress had the power to amend the articles of confederation
Maryland wanted balance of power, so they'd know if one state was expanded or if one stayed the same.
Congress makes the rules to admit a new state into the Union of the United States. This is a power that is provided by the US Constitution.
Congress has the power to declare war. The president of the United States is the commander of the military but cannot declare war without Congress.