Chapter 11

Question 1

A tax first paind by one person and then passed on to another

Answer 1

indirect

Question 2

Tax used to protect domestic industries against foreign competition

Answer 2

tariff

Question 3

Government spends more than it takes in each year

Answer 3

deficit financing

Question 4

power to regulate interstate and foreign trade

Answer 4

commerce

Question 5

1890 law which allowed the government to control monopolies

Answer 5

Sherman anti trust act

Question 6

distinctive word or symbol used by merchants to identify a good or service

Answer 6

trademark

Question 7

Grants person sole right to sell new invention

Answer 7

patent

Question 8

1990 law used to prevent discrimination against a certain group of people

Answer 8

americans with disabilities act

Question 9

to accuse or bring charges against a public official

Answer 9

impeach

Question 10

process by which citizens of one nation become citizens of another

Answer 10

naturalization

Question 11

what role does the house of reps have in impeachment process

Answer 11

bring charges against

Question 12

What role does the senate have in the impeachment process

Answer 12

to act as the judge or court

Question 13

what role does congress have if there is a vacancy in the vice president’s office

Answer 13

approve the president’s nominee

Question 14

Which of hte following is not an expressed power of congress

Answer 14

power to set a minimum wage

Question 15

Who has the constitutional power to declare war

Answer 15

congress

Question 16

Which of the following does congress have the right to manage and control

Answer 16

military bases, national parks, district of columbia

Question 17

If no presidential candidate wins a majority of the electoral votes, the president is chosen in

Answer 17

house of representatives

Question 18

What has lead to an increase in liberal constructionist views

Answer 18

internation conflicts, advances in transportation and communication, economic crisis

Question 19

What are a reason for the federal government to tax

Answer 19

to meet public needs, to protect the nation’s domestic industries, to protect the public’s health and safety

Question 20

What is the other names for the necessary and proper clause

Answer 20

elastic clause

Question 21

What are the only three presidents to be impeached

Answer 21

johnson, clinton, and trump

Question 22

When is the only time the vice president may vote

Answer 22

break a tie

Question 23

powers that can be concluded from others

Answer 23

implied

Question 24

assets are distributed to those whom the debts are owed

Answer 24

bankruptcy

Question 25

charge levied by the government to raise money

Answer 25

tax

Question 26

Money borrowed by the government which has not been repaid

Answer 26

public debt

Question 27

Right of the author to reproduce her creative work

Answer 27

copyright

Question 28

Found not guilty

Answer 28

acquit

Question 29

powers that are stated specifically in wording

Answer 29

expressed

Question 30

Taking private property for public use

Answer 30

eminent domain

Question 31

Money that must be accepted as payment for debts

Answer 31

legal tender

Question 32

lying under oath

Answer 32

perjury

Question 33

Who is the only president to resign

Answer 33

richard nixon

Question 33

how is congress handling the debt ceiling

Answer 33

raise debt ceiling whenever debt threatens to exceed it

Question 34

What is the synonym for the elastic clause

Answer 34

necessary and proper clause

Question 35

What is the job title of the person who presides over a presidential impeachment trial

Answer 35

chief justice

Question 35

How are presidential cabinet appointments checked to make sure they are qualified

Answer 35

must be confirmed by the senate

Question 36

What act was passed by congress in 1935 to assist the elderly with a pension

Answer 36

social security