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100
True or False – Only Congress has the power to declare war.
What is True?
100
Define Expressed Powers
What are Specific powers?
100
Where in the Constitution are the major powers of Congress spelled out?
Where is Article 1, Section 8?
100
Where do all bills to raise money begin?
What is the House of Representatives?
100
True or False – The Constitution does not give Congress the power to regulate trade
What is false?
200
Who said the following quote, “tribunal sufficiently dignified [and] sufficiently independent… to preserve, unawed and uninfluenced, the necessary impartiality between an individual accused and the representatives of the people, his accusers.”
Who is Alexander Hamilton ?
200
How can the congress propose a constitutional amendment?
What is The Congress may propose a constitutional amendment with a two-thirds vote by both houses.
200
Where must all tax bills start? Why?
What is In the House: because the framers believed that representatives closest to the people should be the ones to propose taxes
200
Section 8, Clause 18 gives Congress the authority to do whatever is “_____1_____ and _____2_____” to carry out the expressed powers.
What are 1) necessary and 2) proper ?
200
The second step in the two-step process by which Congress spends money. __________ _____actually provide the money for each program or activity.
What are Appropriations bills ?
300
Define Elastic Clause
What is Clause 18 in the Constitution; it allows Congress to stretch its powers to meet new needs.
300
The first step in the two-step process by which Congress spends money. _____________create projects like the space shuttle program and establish how much money can be spent on them
What are Authorization bills ?
300
Define Implied Powers
What Are powers not stated explicitly in the Constitution?
300
Define Impeach
What is To accuse officials of misconduct in office.
300
Which clause gives Congress the power to declare war?
What is : Clause 11
400
Congress may not pass laws that ban _____1_____ or _____2_____.
What is 1.freedom of speech 2. freedom of religion
400
What is the difference between the expressed and implied powers of Congress?
What is Expressed powers are listed in the Constitution, whereas implied powers are not.
400
A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person.
What is a writ of habeas corpus
400
The _____1_____ also allows _____2_____ to remove from office any federal official who has committed serious wrongdoing
What is 1. Constitution 2. Congress
400
How can the Congress override a presidential action?
What is Congress needs a two-thirds vote to override a presidential action?
500
Laws that make an act a crime, after the act has been committed.
What are ex post facto laws ?
500
How does the Bill of Rights limit Congress’s powers?
What is The Bill of Rights guarantees freedoms, like freedom of speech, which Congress cannot ban?
500
The first step in the two step process of which Congress spends money. ________ _______create projects and establish how much money can be spent on them.
What are Authorization bills ?
500
What do writs of habeas corpus, bills of attainder, and ex post facto laws have in common?
What is All are powers denied to Congress.
500
Law that punish a person without a jury trial
What are bills of attainder?
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