Types of Power

Powers specifically listed in the Constitution and given to the national government

• Denied

• Expressed/Delegated

• Reserved

• Implied

Powers that are connected to an expressed power--you have to read between the lines to see these powers

• Reserved

• Expressed/Delegated

• Implied

• Denied

Powers that are "saved" for the states

• Expressed/Delegated

• Reserved

• Denied

• Implied

Powers that are forbidden to the national government

• Denied

• Expressed

• Reserved

• Concurrent

The power to tax, create an army & navy, make a post office, control trade between states--are examples of ___ powers

• Expressed powers--these are specifically listed in the Constitution

• Reserved powers---these are saved for the states

• Denied powers--these are things the government cannot do

• Implied--they come from the necessary & proper clause

The power to make a national bank or to use the draft to make an army are both examples of

• Expressed powers--listed in the Constitution

• Implied powers--coming from the necessary & proper clause

• Reserved Powers--from the 10th Amendment--saved for states

• Denied powers--forbidden to the government

The necessary and proper clause is also called the ___ clause

• constitutiitonal

• elastic

• rubber band

• representative

Ex post facto laws are time machine laws--they turn a legal action you performed in the past into something illegal. Ex post facto laws are an example of a

• denied power.

• reserved power.

• expressed power.

• implied power.

The Constitution states that the government can not grant titles of nobility or take away habeas corpus (your right to have a judge rule if you've been fairly imprisoned).

• Expressed

• Denied

• Reserved

• Implied

The US government created a Space Force even though the Constitution doesn't specifically say that it can do that. Choose all correct answers.

• It used implied powers.

• It used the elastic clause.

• It used the necessary and proper clause.

• It used the reserved powers.