Chapter 12 Terms Flashcards
Amendment that created income taxes
Sixteenth Amendment
Tax on imports
duty
Kind of money that has value only because the national government says it does
fiat
Tax on the sale of goods produced within the United States
excise tax
Government compensation programs that Congress has protected by law
entitlements
Document that requires a person to testify before congressional committee
subpoena
Constitutional powers are not withheld from the states, but are withheld from the national government
reserved powers
The formal approval process of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
ratification
Retaliation by one nation against another when provoked
reprisal
Big spending projects that are designed to help a member of Congress be reelected
pork-barrel
Federal law intended to check the president’s power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress
War Powers Act
The House’s power to file criminal charges against the president or any government officials; the Senate acts as a trial of court for impeachment cases
impeachment
National government powers derived from the powers expressly given by the Constitution
implied powers
Legislation that provided for a chief justice and five associate judges, three circuit courts where two Supreme Court justices served with one district court judge and thirteen federal district courts with one judge each
Judiciary Act of 1789
Business transactions between states
interstate commerce
The practice in Congress of one member supporting a colleague’s spending project in return for support his or her own pork-barrel project
logrolling
Senate proceeding some government appointees have to go through to be approved for their position
confirmation
A license granted by a nation to a private citizen to capture a merchant ship of another nation
letter of marque
Belonging to and enjoying all the privileges, rights, and responsibilities provided by a nation
citizenship
A financial status declared when a debtor is unable to meet his financial obligations and allows a judge to supervise his fiances
bankruptcy
Also called express powers, government powers specifically listed in the Constitution
enumerated powers
This power is perhaps the single greatest authority given to our national government
“war power”
Power to tax, raising duties, imposts and excises, raise income tax, coin and print money, and creating a national bank and Federal reserve system
Financial powers of Congress
