The Bill of Rights
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
First Amendment
The Elastic Clause is also known by this name.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
Q: Federalism divides power between the national government and these governments.
A: What are state governments?
Q: The Constitutional Convention took place in this city.
A: What is Philadelphia?
Q: This branch makes the laws.
A: What is the Legislative Branch?
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Fourth Amendment
The Elastic Clause is found in this article and section of the Constitution.
What is Article I, Section 8?
Q: A power that both federal and state governments share is called this.
A: What are concurrent powers?
Q: This founding figure is often called the “Father of the Constitution.”
A: Who is James Madison?
Q: This branch enforces the laws.
A: What is the Executive Branch?
This amendment states that the accused have the right to a speedy and public trial.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
The Elastic Clause gives Congress the power to make laws that are this—needed to carry out its other powers.
What is “necessary and proper”?
Q: The power to print money is an example of this kind of power.
A: What are delegated/expressed powers?
Q: The Great Compromise created this kind of legislature.
A: What is a bicameral legislature?
Q: This branch interprets the laws.
A: What is the Judicial Branch?
This amendment says that powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This early U.S. institution’s creation was justified using the Elastic Clause, leading to a major debate between Hamilton and Jefferson.
What is the National Bank?
Q: The Constitution’s Supremacy Clause helps resolve conflicts between federal and state laws in this way.
A: Federal law is supreme.
Q: This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation.
A: What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Q: The power of each branch to limit the others is known as this system.
A: What are checks and balances?
This amendment protects against the quartering of soldiers in private homes without consent.
What is the Third Amendment?
Q: This Supreme Court case upheld broad use of the Elastic Clause and strengthened federal power.
A: What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Q: This term refers to powers that the Constitution implies but does not explicitly state.
A: What are implied powers?
Q: This plan favored large states by basing representation on population.
A: What is the Virginia Plan?
Q: This specific power allows the Supreme Court to strike down laws that violate the Constitution.
A: What is judicial review?