CH 11

Question 0

2) The power to tax EXCEPT: a b c d e f

Answer 0

B & F

• for public purpose
• No taxes on exports allowed
• Direct taxes most be apportioned
• all indirect taxes must be levied

Question 1

1) Limits on powers of congress EXCEPT: a b c d

Answer 1

A)

True; constitutional limits, separation of gov powers in 3 branches, federal system

Question 2

3) Governing borrowing power: t or f

Answer 2

True

• Congress has power to borrow money
• no limits in amount for borrowing
• Nation is in debt

Question 3

4) Governments commerce power: fill in the blank

Answer 3

Intercourse

Gibbons vs Ogden: commerce not just business traffic but broadened to all intercourse

Question 4

5) Bankruptcy: define

Answer 4

Legal proceedings in which a persons unable to pay his debt in full distributes his remaining assets among his debtors

Question 5

6) Governments foreign relations power ad war problems: fill in the blanks

Answer 5

War

• Congress and the presidents share foreign relations and war powers
• only congress may declare war

Question 6

8) Section 4: fill in the blank

Answer 6

The Necessary and Proper Clause

Question 7

9) List non-legislative powers of Congress:

Answer 7

Impeachment, appointments, treaties

Question 8

10) Investigatory powers: a b c d

Answer 8

D

• gather info
• expose questionable activities
• Focus public attention on an issue