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Face Off
Not so fast, Congress
Additional Duties
Enumerated, Denied, Elastic
Think Fast
100
True or False: Congress cannot make laws for local governments
What is true. Only states can make laws for local governments
100
A court order to bring a prisoner to court or set them free
What is writ of habeas corpus
100
The article and section listing the major powers of Congress
What is Article 1, Sections 8 & 9
100
Power to declare war
What is enumerated
100
Governs Washington D.C.
What is Congress
200
List three powers belonging to the states
What are powers to: *establish schools *regulate commerce within state, regulate labor & industry *authorize and establish local governments *provide for state militia *charter corporations
200
Laws that make an act a crime after the act has been committed
What are ex post facto laws
200
List three powers belonging to federal government
What are powers to: *establish post offices *admit new states and govern territories *grant patents & copyrights *regulate interstate commerce *conduct foreign affairs *make war and peace *maintain armed forces *punish crimes against the United States *make uniform laws on naturalization and bankruptcy
200
Regulate handicapped access
What is elastic
200
True or False: A member of Congress can accept a title of nobility
What is False
300
Every state must accept statutes, records, and decisions of all other states
What is full faith and credit clause
300
An act passed by a Legislature to punish a person or group without a trial
What is Bill of Attainder
300
Define enumerated powers
What are powers specifically expressed in the Constitution
300
Power to raise, borrow, and coin money
What is enumerated
300
Power to declare war
What is Congress
400
True or False: States treat citizens of other states differently
What is False States must treat citizens from other states the same as its own citizens
400
What do writ of habeas corpus, ex post facto law, and Bill of Attainder have in common?
What is: They are powers denied to Congress
400
Define implied powers
What are powers not explicitly stated in the Constitution
400
Power to pass ex post facto laws
What is denied
400
A criminal found in a different state must be returned to the state where the crime was committed
What is extradition
500
List five powers shared by Congress and the states
What are powers to: *tax *establish courts *encourage agriculture and industry *borrow money *charter banks *protect public health *provide for public welfare
500
True or False: The Constitution does not give Congress the power to regulate trade
What is False. The Constitution does give Congress the power to regulate trade. This is a direct response to the Articles of Confederation
500
Allow Congress the flexibility to make laws necessary to meet new needs in the spirit of the Constitution
What is Elastic Clause
500
Power to regulate air travel
What is elastic
500
True or False: State governments only have two branches of government
What is False they have three branches, like the federal government