Congressional Powers
What are The Delegated Powers?
The Delegated Powers are the Powers Granted to Congress by the Constitution.
What is Commerce Power?
The Power of Congress to Regulate Interstate and Foreign Trade.
What is the Definition of Bankruptcy?
The Legal Proceeding in Which the Bankrupt's Assets Are Distributed Among Those to Whom a Debt is Owed.
What is a Copyright?
The Exclusive Right of an Author to Reproduce, Publish, and Sell His or Her Creative Work.
The Power to Declare War.
What is Congress?
What are the Three Kinds of Delegated Powers?
Expressed Powers, Implied Powers, and Inherent Powers.
The Commerce Power is Vital to the ____ of the Nation.
Welfare.
What is Legal Tender?
Any Kind of Money That a Creditor Must by Law Accept in Payments for Debts.
What Process Helps a Person Become a Citizen of Another Country?
Naturalization.
How Many of the Expressed Powers are Set Out in Article I Section 8 of the Constitution?
Can Congress Create A National Public School System?
Congress Cannot Create A National Public School System.
What Act of 1964 Prohibits Discrimination in Access to or Service in Hotels, Motels, Theaters, Restaurants, and in Other Public Accommodations on Grounds of Race, Color, Religion, or National Origin?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Treasury Has Reported a Deficit For Every Fiscal Year Since What Year?
2002.
In What Year Did Congress Create the National Bureau of Standards in the Commerce Department?
1901.
The War-Making Power Was Exercised by What Presidents During the Undeclared War in Vietnam. (1964 - 1973)
Presidents Johnson and Nixon.
Where are the Delegated Powers Located in the Constitution? (Name the Article and the Section.)
Article I, Section 8.
What is the Name of the First Case Involving the Commerce Clause to Reach the Supreme Court?
Gibbons v. Ogden.
The Supreme Court Upheld the 1865 Law as a Proper Exercise of the Taxing Power in What Supreme Court Case?
(Double Points if You Know the Year as Well)
Veazie Bank v. Fenno.
(Bonus - 1865)
Benjamin Franklin Served as Co-Deputy Postmaster of the British Colonies in North America From 1753 to What Year?
1774.
The Constitution Makes the President Commander in Chief of the Nation's Armed Forces in What Article and Section?
(Double Points if You Know the Clause as Well)
Article II, Section 2.
(Bonus - Clause I )
Congress Has Exercised its Powers Since What Year?
1789.
In What Year Was the First Case Involving the Commerce Clause to Reach the Supreme Court decided?
1824.
Congress Has Not Levied Any Direct Tax Outside the District of Columbia Since What Year?
1861.
The 546,000 Career Employees of the Postal Service Handle Nearly ____ Billion Pieces of Mail Every Year.
170.
If Troops are Ordered Into Combat in the Third Circumstance, the President is Directed to Report That Fact to Congress Within How Many Hours?
48 Hours.