powers not given to the national government

The powers not given to the national government are called "reserved powers." These are powers that the Constitution does not delegate to the federal government nor prohibit to the states, and thus they are reserved to the states or to the people as stated in the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Examples include powers related to issuing driver's licenses and overseeing education, which are handled by state governments rather than the federal government. The Tenth Amendment serves to ensure that the national government is limited in its scope and that states retain significant authority over matters not explicitly assigned to the federal level.