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McCulloch v. Maryland
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100
Powers that both the national government and the states possess
What are concurrent powers?
100
A system of government in which a constitution divides power between a central and several regional governments
What is federalism?
100
This amendment argues states have reserved powers
What is the 10th amendment.
100
In 1816, Congress passed a law creating what?
What is a National Bank.
100
Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Hank Williams, and Kurt Cobain all died when they were this age.
What is 27?
200
Powers spelled out specifically in the Constitution-- "enumerated powers"
What are expressed powers?
200
Powers not expressly stated in the Constitution but are reasonably suggested by it.
What are implied powers?
200
The clause in article VI of the Constitution stating that the constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land.
What is Supremacy Clause
200
Why was Maryland upset about a U.S. bank moving to Baltimore?
What is they had a new competitor in town where people could do their banking.
200
What is the largest freshwater lake in the United States?
What is Lake Michigan.
300
Powers that belong to the national government due to tradition-- the government has assumed these powers since the beginning
What are inherent powers?
300
A principle of federalism in which the governmental powers are separated on a geographic basis between the national government and the states.
What is the division of powers?
300
A clause giving the Federal Government the power to do whatever might be needed to accomplish the expressed powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause.
300
Who was the cashier at the Baltimore branch of the Bank of the United States?
Who was James William McCulloch.
300
400
Powers that include expressed, implied, and inherent-- those which are granted to it in the Constitution.
What are delegated powers?
400
The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state.
What is extradition?
400
The Principle that the greater number should exercise greater power.
Majority Rule.
400
Who was the Supreme Court justice who wrote the court's opinion in the McCulloch v. Maryland case.
Who was Chief Justice John Marshall
400
A grandfather, two fathers and two sons went to the movie theater together and everyone bought one movie ticket each. How many tickets did they buy in total?
3 (the grandfather is also a father and the father is also a son)
500
Powers exercised by the national government alone.
What are exclusive powers?
500
Powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the states.
What are reserved powers?
500
What clause says that States within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state."
What is the Full Faith & Credit Clause.
500
What two questions did the the Supreme Court need to answer?
What is "Did the Constitution gives Congress to start a Bank? & if so, was a state allowed to tax a bank that was part of the federal government."
500
What is the smallest animal on earth today?
What is Etruscan Shrew