Practice Test: Gov. Ch. 11

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1. What judicial powers does Congress have?
   
2. The ________ _____________ believed Congress should be able to expand its powers when needed.
   
3. If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the ______ selects the President from among the top three candidates.
   
4. The Senate must approve _________ and __________ made by the President.
   
5. Because the federal gov't usually spends more money than it takes in, it has to use ________ _________. The ________ ____ allows Congress to do this.
   

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1. The ____ ______________ wanted Congress to use only the powers written into the Constitution.
   1. War Powers Resolution
   2. bankruptcy
   3. strict constructionists
   4. appointments and treaties
   5. This is because it is such a broad clause that it can extend to every facet of business, making it unnecessary to revise.
2. Explain how Congress and the President share power in foreign policy and defense.
   1. It grants Congress the power to create any new laws it deems "necessary" to carry out executing the Constitution.
   2. 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."
   3. gather information
   4. It gives the gov't the right to to take private property for public use.
   5. 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.
3. What nonlegislative powers does the Constitution delegate to Congress?
   1. Congress has the power to investigate, inquire into, or inform itself on any matter that falls within the scope of its lawmaking authority.
   2. 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.
   3. bankruptcy
   4. The president nominates a replacement, and the Congress has to approve the selection by a majority vote in both houses.
   5. 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.
4. If the vice presidency becomes vacant, how is a successor chosen?
   1. It gives the gov't the right to to take private property for public use.
   2. The Elastic Clause, because it has been stretched to give Congress broad powers.
   3. 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.
   4. The president nominates a replacement, and the Congress has to approve the selection by a majority vote in both houses.
   5. strict constructionists
5. What is another name for the Necessary and Proper Clause?
   1. 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."
   2. 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.
   3. The Elastic Clause, because it has been stretched to give Congress broad powers.
   4. The president nominates a replacement, and the Congress has to approve the selection by a majority vote in both houses.
   5. 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.

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1. 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.

   True   False

2. What tax protects domestic industry?
   Tarriff

   True   False

3. What does a copyright do?
   The Elastic Clause, because it has been stretched to give Congress broad powers.

   True   False

4. 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."

   True   False

5. What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
   Two-thirds vote in each house or call a national convention of delegates from each of the States to propose an amendment.

   True   False