Legislative Branch Quizlet

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Representatives

,

(b) Senators

• Speaker

• 2 year terms

• 100 members

• 435 members

• must be at least 25 years old

• resideing President

• 6 year terms

• must be at least 30 years old

Match the following

• delegated

• Shared Powers

• reserved

• Federal Powers

• concurrent

• State Powers

The dividing and sharing of powers between federal and state governments is called...

Reorder the following goals found in the Preamble to the Constitution. "We the people, in order to form a more perfect Union..."

• establish justice

• insure domestic tranquility

• secure the blessing of liberty

• provide for the common defense

• promote the general welfare

The framers of the Constitution wanted a government powerful enough to ​ (a)   the rights of ​ (b)  

• protect
• citizens
• defend
• the states

The framers wanted a government powerful enough to ​ (a)   the country against ​ (b)   .

• defend
• foreign threats
• promote
• future rebellions

When Congress has to stretch its power to handle an unexpected issue, they use the ​ (a)   .

• elastic clause
• rubber band clause
• flexible clause

Another name for the elastic clause is the ​ (a)   clause.

• necessary and proper
• essential and right
• flexible and needed

Match the context of the Constitution with the correct Article where the information is found.

• Executive Branch

• Article 2

• Legislative Branch

• Article 3

• Judicial Branch

• Article 1

What do you call the separation of powers that keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful over another?