| Question | Answer |
| What power does Congress have with regard to treaties negotiated by the President? | The President consults the Senate when negotiating treaties and the Senate may accept or reject a treaty as it stands, or it may decide to offer amendments, reservations, or understandings to it. Influential members of the House are sometimes also consulted as well because of their economic power. |
| In what two ways may Congress propose amendments to the Constitution? | Two-thirds vote in each house or call a national convention of delegates from each of the States to propose an amendment. |
| If the vice presidency becomes vacant, how is a successor chosen? | The president nominates a replacement, and the Congress has to approve the selection by a majority vote in both houses. |
| What nonlegislative powers does the Constitution delegate to Congress? | Congress has the power to investigate, inquire into, or inform itself on any matter that falls within the scope of its lawmaking authority. |
| One reason Congress may investigate a mater is to ________ _____________ when writing new laws. | gather information |
| The Senate must approve _________ and __________ made by the President. | appointments and treaties |
| If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the ______ selects the President from among the top three candidates. | House |
| Why is the Commerce Clause, written in 1787, still adequate to meet the needs of the nation in the 21st century? | This is because it is such a broad clause that it can extend to every facet of business, making it unnecessary to revise. |
| What is the Necessary and Proper Clause? | It grants Congress the power to create any new laws it deems "necessary" to carry out executing the Constitution. |
| How has the doctrine of implied powers increased the powers of Congress? | It's made it possible for the Gov't to meet any number of problems that could not possibly have been foreseen by the Framers. |
| What judicial powers does Congress have? | It has the power to create all of the federal courts below the Supreme Court and otherwise provide for the organization and composition of the federal judiciary. Also, it can define federal crimes and set the punishments that may be imposed on those who violate federal law. |
| Explain how Congress and the President share power in foreign policy and defense. | The President has the primary responsibility for the conduct of American foreign policy, but Congress has expressed powers of spending, foreign commerce regulation, and war powers. |
| What is the eminent domain power? | It gives the gov't the right to to take private property for public use. |
| What does a patent do? | It grants a person the sole right to manufacture, use, or sell "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof." |
| What does a copyright do? | It gives a person the exclusive right to reproduce, publish, and sell his or her creative work. |
| The ___ _____ __________ was meant to limit the President's war-making powers. | War Powers Resolution |
| Who, and only who, can declare war? | Congress. |
| The ________ _____________ believed Congress should be able to expand its powers when needed. | liberal constructionists |
| The ____ ______________ wanted Congress to use only the powers written into the Constitution. | strict constructionists |
| What is another name for the Necessary and Proper Clause? | The Elastic Clause, because it has been stretched to give Congress broad powers. |
| Why did the Framers place limits on the power of Congress to levy taxes? | They did this to ensure that Congress wouldn't limit the rights of any groups with specific taxes and to make sure that corruption didn't come into play. |
| Both the national government and the states can regulate ________. | bankruptcy |
| Because the federal gov't usually spends more money than it takes in, it has to use ________ _________. The ________ ____ allows Congress to do this. | deficit financing; borrowing power |
| What tax protects domestic industry? | Tarriff |
| What was the court's ruling in Gibbons v. Ogden and what did it open the way for? | The Supreme Court ruled that commerce was commercial intercourse. It opened the way for commerce power in many aspects of American life. |
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