Unit 1.5
Who is the Commander and Chief of the Army and Navy according to Article 2 of the constitution.
What is the President.
The head of the Executive Branch
What is the President
The sharing of powers between the National Government and State Government.
What is Federalism
Any powers not specifically delegate to the federal government are reserved to the states.
What is the tenth amendment
This clause in the Constitution ensures that federal law takes precedence over state law
What is the Supremacy Clause
What does the The 1st Article of the Constitution establish.
What is the Legislative branch.
The two houses that make up the Legislative branch
What is the Senate and House of Representatives
The powers that both the state and federal governments hold
What are Concurrent Powers
Birthright Citizenship/Anyone born in the US is a US citizen
What is the fourteenth amendment
When the federal government requires states to follow regulations without providing funding to carry them out.
What are unfunded mandates
What is an example of separation of powers?
What is Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
The power the Tenth Amendment grants?
What is Reserved Powers.
Constitutional clause that grants Congress the power to make any laws to carry out enumerated powers, even if those powers aren't stated in the Constitution.
Necessary and Proper Clause
Powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but justified by the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What are implied powers
What is a member of the House Representative
What does the Executive branch have the power to do with the law?
What is to enforce the law.
The federal money given to states if they comply with federal standards.
What is a Categorical Grant.
The Supreme Court Case saying the federal government has implied powers and supremacy under the necessary and proper clause
What is McCulloh V. Maryland
This type of grant gives states money with conditions attached
What are categorical grants
Requires 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress then ratified by 3/4 of the states
What is the Amendment process
What is an access point of the Judicial Branch?
What is the Courts?
The section of the U.S. Constitution that details the powers of Congress, from the power to declare war to the ability to coin money, and also contains the famous Necessary and Proper Clause?
What is Article I, Section 8?
The Supreme Court Case arguing that guns do not have a effect on interstate commerce and therefore isn't covered under the commerce clause
What is United States v. Lopez
Who was the President that passed the Controlled Substances Act
Who is Richard Nixon