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In a democracy, how does public will become public policy?
Through the laws made by the representatives of the people
Members of Congress who vote according to their party’s wishes are __________
Partisans
Cabinet members are part of the ________ Department
Executive
What has the key to the growth of the nation been?
Congressional power to regulate commerce and to tax
Congress’ role in amending the Constitution is a ____________ function
non-legislative
The implied powers doctrine, upheld in McCulloch v. Maryland gives Congress the power to what?
Do anything reasonably related to carrying out their expressed powers
All treaties must be approved by a _________ vote of the Senate.
two-thirds
Who can declare war?
Only congress
On the first day of each new term, the House must what?
Elect a Speaker to preside and must reorganize the House
An _____________ directs any area desiring statehood to prepare a constitution.
Enabling Act
Implied powers are justified by _________ powers
Expressed
Where do local governments derive their power from?
State constitutions and state laws
What amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol?
18th
States must honor the legality of one another’s civil laws because of what clause in the Constitution?
Full Faith and Credit Clause
What term describes a pact mad by the President with the head of a foreign state?
Executive Agreement
What gives citizens the right to own guns?
2nd Amendment
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments known as?
Civil War Amendments
What is the process of attaching multiple riders to a popular bill?
Christmas Tree Bill
Without expressed powers of the National Government…
There would be no implied powers because implied justify expressed
The Second Bank of the US was saved from taxation by ___________
McCulloch v MD
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