The branch of government that the expressed powers apply to.
What is the legislative branch?
100
The branch that the implied powers apply to.
What is the legislative branch?
100
The number of houses in Congress
What is 2
100
This is a non-legislative power of Congress. (name one)
What is (power to impeach, amend constitution, choose president, choose vice president)
100
An organization that pressures elected officials to enact legislation favorable to its causes.
What is an interest group?
200
The powers that Congress has that are stated in the United States Constitution.
What are expressed powers?
200
The difference between expressed powers and implied powers.
What is powers stated expressly in the Constitution vs powers required to carry out those stated in the Constitution?
200
The way how many representatives a state gets in Congress is determined
What is population?
200
The reason that non-legislative powers exist.
What is checks and balances?
200
How do interest groups carry out their work?
They send representatives to state capitals and Washington D.C.
300
What the expressed powers state
What is what the government can and can't do?
300
(True or false) - Military draft and minimum wage is enacted by the implied powers.
What is true?
300
The number of congressmen in the US congress
What is 435
300
The reason that the power of impeachment is important to the people of the US.
So that a US government member can be tried for crimes
300
- People who engage in lobbying or the organized process of influencing legislation or policy.
What are policy makers?
400
Which of the following is not an expressed power?
- Issue pardons
- Regulate commerce
- Coin money
- Declare war
What is issuing pardons?
400
The description/an explanation of what implied powers are.
Implied powers are not stated directly in the Constitution, but are required to enact powers that are.
400
Which of the following is not true about the Senate?
A. Senators can have six year terms
B. The senate can confirm presidential appointments
C. The vice president is head of the Senate
D. Only the Senate can override presidential vetos
What is D?
400
The people that elect the president if there is no majority electoral college vote.
What is the US Congress?
400
True or false - interest groups can testify in congressional hearing.
True
500
The number of expressed powers that the United States Congress has.
What is 27
500
The elastic clause allows Congress to do this.
What is the ability to set implied powers?
500
Which of the following cannot the houses of Congress do?
A. To regulate trade
B. To raise and support a navy
C. To coin money
D. To appoint judges
What is appointing judges?
500
These people get to choose a new Vice President if the current one is unable to serve.
What is the Senate?
500
Why are interest groups a primary source of political corruption?
- Their funding is usually private
- They often try to bribe officials