Expressed & Implied Powers

Question 1

The power to lay and collect taxes

Answer 1

•to create laws and punish tax evaders
•to use tax revenues to fund welfare, public schools, health and housing programs
•to require states to meet certain conditions to qualify for federal funding

Question 2

The power to borrow money

Answer 2

•to establish the federal reserve system of banks

Question 3

The power to establish naturalization law

Answer 3

•to regulate and limit immigration

Question 4

The power to raise armies and navy

Answer 4

•to draft Americans into the military

Question 5

The power to regulate commerce

Answer 5

•to establish minimum wage
•to regulate banking
•to ban discrimination in workplaces and public facilities
•to pass laws protecting the disabled

Question 6

The power to establish post offices

Answer 6

•to bar the shipping of certain items through the mails
•to prohibit mail fraud and obstruction of the mails