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Limited Powers
100
This allows congress to stretch their powers.
What is Elastic Clause
100
Approve the persident's nominees for various offices
What is one of Senate's powers?
100
The name of the beginning paragraph to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
100
The body of representatives that have the power to impeach
What is Congress?
100
Bill of Rights
What limited the Constitution?
200
These are powers given to the national government.
What are Expressed Powers
200
To check other branches of government
What is most important nonlegislative power?
200
The Conneticut Compromise
What is the other name for the Great Compromise?
200
2/3 vote
What is the amount of votes needed to convict and remove someone from office?
200
To limit or deny certain powers to the federal government
Why was the Bill of Rights included?
300
These are not stated in the Constitution.
What are Implied Powers
300
Accuse officials of misconduct in office
What is Impeach
300
To revise the Articles of Conferderation
What was the original plan for the Philedelphia Convention?
300
A two house legislature
What is a Bicameral legislature?
300
Can't favor one state over another.
One way that Congress' powers are limited.
400
Power to create an Air Force
What is an example of the Elastic Clause?
400
To vote on Impeachment
What is the House of Representatives responsibility?
400
The head of our local government.
Who is Francis W. Slate?
400
Based on population
What is the House of Representatives?
400
Congress
Who gets limited by the Writ of Habeas Corpus?
500
Power to Coin Money Power to do what is proper and necessary Power to Make laws
What are 3 examples of Expressed Powers?
500
Hold a trial, act as a jury and decide whether or not the accused is guilty.
What is Senate's responibility on Impeachment?
500
The Governor of North Carolina
Who is Bev Perdue?
500
The 26th president
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
500
What is one way that the government is limited besides the fact that they can't favor one state over another?
Any of the eight.
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