Sponge Quiz 8/30/23 Study Guide Gov and Eco

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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