Chapter 5.2 Quiz: Powers of Congress

_____Specific powers granted to the federal government under Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution.

• Implied Powers

• Lobbyists

• Expressed Powers

• None are correct

_____ Powers inferred from the express powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions.

• Expressed Powers

• Implied Powers

• Lobbyists

• First Amendment

_____ Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which allows Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers of the Constitution.

• "Elastic Clause"

• Expressed Powers

• Implied Powers

• Fifth Amendment

Powers that do not have to do with creating laws are known as _____

• Casework

• 3 Legislative Powers

• Impeach

• Nonlegislative Powers of Congress

_____ To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

• Nonlegislative Powers of Congress

• Impeach

• 3 Legislative Powers of Congress

• Agencies of Congress

_____ A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person

• Writ of Habeas Corpus

• Bill of Attainder

• Ex post facto law

• None are correct

______ A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court

• Writ of Habeas Corpus

• Ex Post Facto Law

• Bill of Attainder

• None are correct

_____ A law that makes an act punishable as a crime even if the action was legal at the time it was committed

• Bill of Attainder

• Ex post facto law

• Writ of Habeas Corpus

• None are correct

_____ Section of the Constitution laying out powers and responsibilities of the Legislative Branch

• Article 2, Section 2

• Article 3, Section 3

• Article 5, Section 1

• Article 1, Section 8

There are _____ clauses in the Constitution that list Congress's Powers