Legislative Branch Quizlet

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Representatives

,

(b) Senators

• Speaker

• 100 members

• must be at least 30 years old

• must be at least 25 years old

• 435 members

• 6 year terms

• 2 year terms

• resideing President

Match the following

• delegated

• State Powers

• reserved

• Shared Powers

• concurrent

• Federal 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..."

• secure the blessing of liberty

• provide for the common defense

• insure domestic tranquility

• promote the general welfare

• establish justice

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 1

• Judicial Branch

• Article 3

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