The Constitution

The "Elastic Clause" describes this section of the Constitution which allows the government to stretch its authority

• Supremacy

• Jurisdiction

• Necessary and Proper

• Commerce

What fraction of the House and Senate is needed to propose an Amendment?

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1/3

Amendments can be ratified if this amount of states choose to accept it

• 3/4

• All 50

• 2/3

• 3/5

Which Supreme Court case established the precedence of judicial review?

• Marbury vs. Madison

• McCulloch vs. Maryland

• Barron vs. Baltimore

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

What is the purpose of interstate compacts?

• To ensure states honor another state's policies

• Allows states to enter into a military alliance with other states

• Helps resolve disputes between states to avoid going to court

• To help with the upkeep of the interstate highway system

The president has just banned all firearms and sends out all the policemen from each state to go door-to-door confiscating and destroying any weapons individuals may own.

What is a check on power one of the other branches can use to prevent this from happening?

Congress passes a bill that would raise the tax rate on millions of Americans and the president doesn’t want it to become law.

How can the president prevent this from happening?

Right to levy and collect taxes

• State power

• Federal power

• Concurrent power

• None of these

Conduct Elections

• State power

• Federal power

• Concurrent power

• None of these

Regulate interstate commerce

• State power

• Federal power

• Concurrent power

• None of these