CH.3,4 Constitution and Federalism

The powers given to the federal government by the Constitution are called _____ powers?

• Delegated

• Reserved

• Supreme

• Higher

What is a written change made to the Constitution?

• Amendment

• Clause

• Article

• Declaration

What is the Constitution?

• The supreme law of the United States

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta

• All the above

The powers given to the state government are called the _____ powers?

• Delegated

• Confederal

• Concurrent

• Reserved

The system of government in which power is divided between federal and state governments is called?

• Unitary

• Congressional

• Republicanism

• Federalism

What type of powers are written directly in the Constitution?

• Expressed

• Implied

• Magical

• Higher

Which clause in the constitution, also known as the “elastic clause,” gives the federal government implied powers?

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Santa Clause

A concurrent power shared by both state and federal governments

• Taxation

• Declaring war

• Printing money

• All of the Above

The clause that ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another is called the _______________ clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Necessary and Proper Clause

Amendment Sixteen to the Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1913. It grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population.

• True

• False