Expansion of Federal Power - Unit 11

Article I, Section 8, Clause 18

"To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof"

Multiple Choice

How did Chief Justice John Marshall fundamentally change the interpretation of federal power?

• By strictly limiting congressional authority

• By establishing judicial review and viewing the Constitution as a flexible document

• By reducing the Supreme Court's influence

• By supporting complete state sovereignty

Multiple Choice

The Commerce Clause primarily represents a mechanism for:

• Preventing interstate trade

• Allowing states to regulate their own economic activities

• Giving Congress power to regulate trade across state boundaries

• Limiting federal government's economic involvement

Match

Match the Civil War amendment with the way it created expansion of federal power.

• allowed the federal government to abolish slavery, meaning it intervened in a matter that traditionally would have been handled by each state

• protected individual rights and liberties of citizens against state governments that could be hostile to them

• granted African American men the right to vote, expanding the electorate and federal oversight

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

How did the New Deal contribute to the expansion of the power of the federal government in the United States during the 1930s?

• by promoting a hands-off economic policy toward businesses

• by reducing the government's role in the regulation of business and commerce

• by creating programs to address the economic distress and provide relief to citizens

• by advocating for the nation to return to using the gold standard for their currency

Open Ended

Compare and contrast the federal government's power during the Founding Era versus the New Deal period. How did the role and scope of federal authority fundamentally change between these two historical periods?