Which of the following is an example of an Enumerated / Expressed power?

• A. Establish an Air Force
• B. Declare war
• C. Create a national holiday
• D. Draft a state constitution

Answer: (B)

Enumerated or Expressed powers are the specific powers the Constitution explicitly grants to the federal government. Declaring war is one of those powers because Congress is given the authority to declare war in the Constitution. That direct listing makes it a textbook example of an enumerated power.

The other options aren’t direct enumerated powers: establishing an Air Force is a modern military organizational act that falls under broader federal defense authority but isn’t itself listed as a single enumerated power; creating a national holiday is a legislative action but not a constitutional grant of power; drafting a state constitution is a power reserved to the states, not the federal government.