Chapter 11

Question 1

Those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution; those “necessary and proper” to carry out the expressed powers

Answer 1

Implied powers

Question 2

Powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national Governemnt because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community

Answer 2

Inherent powers

Question 3

Exclusive power of congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade

Answer 3

Commerce power

Question 4

A charge levied by government on persons or property to meet public needs

Answer 4

Tax

Question 5

All of the money borrowed by the government and not yet repaid, plus the accrued interest on that money; also called the national debt or federal debt

Answer 5

Public debt

Question 6

Practice of funding government by borrowing to make up the difference between government spending and revenue

Answer 6

Deficit financing

Question 7

The legal proceeding by which a bankrupt persons assets are distributed among those to whom he or she owes debts

Answer 7

Bankruptcy

Question 8

Any kind of money that a creditor must, by law, accept in payments for debts

Answer 8

Legal tender

Question 9

The exclusive, legal right of a person to reproduce, publish, and sell his or her own literary, musical, or artistic creations

Answer 9

Copyright

Question 10

A license issued to an inventor granting the exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell his or her invention for a limited period of time

Answer 10

Patent

Question 11

Part of the US that is not admitted as a state and has its own government

Answer 11

Territory

Question 12

Power of a government to take private property for public use

Answer 12

Eminent domain

Question 13

The legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another

Answer 13

Naturalization

Question 14

constitutional clause that gives Congress the power to make all laws “necessary and proper” for executing its powers

Answer 14

Necessary and proper clause

Question 15

one who argues a narrow interpretation of the Constitution’s provisions, in particular those granting powers to the Federal Government

Answer 15

Strict constructionists

Question 16

one who argues a broad interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution, particularly those granting powers to the Federal Government

Answer 16

Liberal constructionist

Question 17

general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters; broad agreement on public questions

Answer 17

Consensus

Question 18

assign to a particular use

Answer 18

Appropriate

Question 19

a person who inherits a title or office

Answer 19

Successor

Question 20

to bring formal charges against a public official; the House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach civil officers of the United States

Answer 20

Impeach

Question 21

find not guilty of a charge

Answer 21

Acquit

Question 22

the act of lying under oath

Answer 22

Perjury

Question 23

issue a formal condemnation

Answer 23

Censure

Question 24

an order for a person to appear and to produce documents or other requested materials

Answer 24

Subpoena

Question 25

Those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution; also called the “enumerated powers”

Answer 25

Expressed powers