Unit 3 Review - Structure and Function

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Rules recognized as binding and enforced by a government.

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Laws

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The actions and procedures followed by the government in carrying out its functions.

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Public Policy

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Congress is

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the Legislative Branch

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The power to declare war belongs to

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the Legislative Branch

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The power to introduce bills belongs to

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the Legislative Branch

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The Legislative Branch

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Article I of the Constitution

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At the Constitutional Convention, the framers of the U.S. Constitution agreed that the new Congress should be given the power to: regulate interstate trade.

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regulate interstate trade

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The U.S. Constitution assigns the power to ratify treaties exclusively to the

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U.S. Senate

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Why did the authors of the U.S. Constitution include the provision that "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives"?

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to allow citizens more influence over spending issues

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A section of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers." That section of the Constitution has come to be known as the

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Elastic Clause