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Powers
Commerce Powers
Expressed Powers
Implied Powers
Non-Legislative Powers
100
Powers of Congress that do not directly deal with the law making process, such as confirming Presidential appointments to the Supreme Court.
What are the Non-Legislative Powers?
100
A charge by government on persons or property to meet public need.
What is a Tax?
100
These Powers are the Expressed Powers that deal with the Raising of an Army and Navy, hiring Pirates to fight Foreign Powers, make rules for the Military, etc.
What are the War Powers?
100
A person who wants Congress to only use the Powers Written in the Constitution.
What is a Strict Constructionist?
100
This is the action Congress takes when approving the appointment of a public official by the president.
What is a Confirmation?
200
Specific powers of the National Government that are found in the constitution.
What are the Expressed Powers?
200
This is the Supreme court case where two steamboat operators fought over the right to have a State chartered interstate steamboat route. The Supreme Courts ruling in the case led to the understanding that the National Government where the only government to regulate interstate commerce.
What is "Ogden v. Gibbons?"
200
Under the Expressed Powers of the Constitution Congress has direct control over Federal areas such as Washington D.C., Military Bases and these locations organized with their own governments but controlled by the American Government.
What are Territories?
200
A person who believes government should be able to create new power when needed
What is a Liberal Constructionist?
200
This is the act by congress to bring formal charges against a public official.
What is to Impeach?
300
The powers of the National Government that are suggested by the "Necessary and Proper Clause" when carrying out the other Expressed Powers.
What are the Implied Powers?
300
The act of spending more money than is taken to run a government.
What is Deficit Financing?
300
This action is taken by the National Government when private property is taken for public used and the owner is payed fare market value for that property.
What is Eminent Domain?
300

True or False: The implied powers are intended to help congress carry out the expressed powers.

What is true?

300
When there is no clear victor in a Presidential Election this house of Congress Elects the President.
What is House of Representatives?
400
The exclusive power of Congress to regulate trade between states and foreign countries as stated in the Expressed Powers of the Constitution.
What are the Commerce Powers?
400
The legal procedure taken when an individual is owing money to multiple debtors and the National Government steps in to aid the person owing take charge of their situation and pay off their debts.
What is Bankruptcy?
400
This clause, the last of the Expressed Powers, and also known as the "Elastic Clause" is what allows the creation of Implied Powers.
What is the "Necessary and Proper Clause?"
400
Because of this important Supreme Court case was it decided that Congress had the right to create new powers under the "Necessary and Proper Clause."
What is "McCulloch v. Maryland?"
400

In the event that the Senate must choose a Vice President, it would take how many votes for a candidate to Win?

What is 51?

500
The powers the Constitution is presumed to have given to the national government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community.
What are the Inherent Powers?
500

a grant for the exclusive right to make, use , or sell new or improved inventions

What is a patent?

500
This is the exclusive right of a person or company to reproduce, publish and sell a creative work.
What is a Copyright?
500

The power to approve or reject major presidential appointments is a non legislative power exercised solely by the ________

What is the Senate?

500

Gathering information usesful in making legislative decisions is an example of the _________ powers of Congress

What are Investigatory?