Sponge Questions Day 18 & 21

Question 1

Congress’s role in amending the Constitution

Answer 1

Non-Legislative Function

Question 2

The implied powers doctrine, upheld in McCulloh vs. Maryland gives Congress the power to do

Answer 2

Anything reasonably related to carrying out their expressed power

Question 3

All treaties must be approved by

Answer 3

Two-thirds vote of the Senate

Question 4

Who can declare war?

Answer 4

Only Congress

Question 5

On the first day of each new term, the House must elect

Answer 5

A speaker to preside and must reorganize the House

Question 6

Directs any area desiring statehood to prepare for a constitution

Answer 6

Enabling act

Question 7

Implied powers

Answer 7

Expressed powers

Question 8

Where do local governments derive their power from?

Answer 8

State constitutions and state laws

Question 9

What amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol?

Answer 9

18

Question 10

States must honor the legality of one another’s civil laws because of what clause in the Constitution?

Answer 10

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Question 11

What term describes a pact made by the President with the head of a foreign state?

Answer 11

Execuitive Branch

Question 12

What gives citizens the right to own guns?

Answer 12

2nd Amendment

Question 13

What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments known as?

Answer 13

Civil War Amendments

Question 14

The process of attaching multiple riders to a popular bill.

Answer 14

Christmas Tree Bill

Question 15

Implied justifies

Answer 15

Expressed

Question 16

Was saved from taxation by McCulloch v Maryland

Answer 16

The Second Bank of the US