4.10- Legislative Powers of Congress

Multiple Select

Which of the following powers does Congress have?

• borrow money

• regulating commerce with foreign countries

• regulating commerce between states

• maintaining armed forces

Multiple Select

Which of the ways of collecting taxes are legal under the Constitution?

• requiring a church to collect tax payments from attendees

• charging tax on the sale of furniture

• collecting a portion of a fast food worker’s paycheck

• charging a payment to vote in an election

Multiple Choice

Which conclusion does the graph support?

• The federal government frequently raises the debt ceiling.

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  The federal government rarely raises the debt ceiling.

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  The federal government uses deficit spending most years.

• The federal government rarely uses deficit spending.

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Match the action to the power it represents.

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  In 1792, Congress set the United States dollar as the national currency.

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  A federal code lists the documents a person must present to a court if the person cannot pay a debt.

• The federal government sells savings bonds and later pays them back with interest.

power to coin money

power to establish bankruptcy laws

power to borrow money

• power to coin money

• power to establish bankruptcy laws

• power to borrow money

Multiple Choice

Which clause of the Constitution led Chief Justice John Marshall to rule that New York could not grant exclusive rights to operate steamboats on the Hudson River?

• the Full Faith and Credit Clause

• the Supremacy Clause

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  the Elastic Clause

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  the Privileges and Immunities Clause

Multiple Select

The federal Congress can manage international relations, but the Pennsylvania legislature cannot. Why does the Pennsylvania legislature not have this power?

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  States only have the power to declare war on other U.S. states.

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  The Pennsylvania legislature is not a sovereign nation’s central government.

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  Pennsylvania does not have representation in the federal Congress.

• The Constitution grants this power to Congress and denies it to the states.

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Match the scenario to the type of power it represents.

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  establishing a U.S. Navy base in Italy

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  giving a company exclusive rights to include a new feature in its computers

• setting the number of years a person must live in the United States before applying for citizenship

federal districts

copyrights and patents

naturalization

• federal districts

• copyrights and patents

• naturalization