Chapter 4 - The Federal System

Question 1

delegated powers

Answer 1

powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government

Question 2

expressed powers

Answer 2

powers directly stated in Constitution

Question 3

implied powers

Answer 3

powers that the government requires to carry out the expressed constitutional powers

Question 4

elastic clause

Answer 4

a statement in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the laws expressed in the other clauses of Article I

Question 5

inherent powers

Answer 5

powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government

Question 6

reserved powers

Answer 6

powers that belong strictly to the states

Question 7

supremacy clause

Answer 7

the statement in Article IV of the Constitution establishing that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of the United States “shall be the supreme Law of the Land”

Question 8

concurrent powers

Answer 8

powers that both the national government and the states have

Question 9

enabling act

Answer 9

the first step in the state admission procedure