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Refer to the Constitution (beginning on page A6 in the text) to answer the following questions.

Part 1: Listed below are powers that are delegated or denied by the Constitution. Identify who has the power and where the sourse of that power can be found in the Constitution. An example is provided.

C = Congress (both House and Senate)

H = House of Representatives only

S = Senate only

P = President

X = power denied to the government

POWER----------------------------------Who has the power ? ----------------------------------Source

Example: Declare war........................................... C ................................................................Article I Sec. 8

1. appoint judges to federal courts

2. award titles of nobility

3. admit new states to the union

4. regulate foreign trade

5. place a tariff on exports

6. enforce laws passed by Congress

7. create federal courts

8. establish an army and a navy

9. nominate ambassadors

10. establish a post office

11. borrow money for the federal government

12. report to Congress about the "state of the nation".

13. lead the Army and the Navy

14. censor a book or a newspaper

15. coin money

16. negotiate treaties with foreign nations

17. establish laws or copyrights

18. regulate trade with Native Americans

19. make rules for people who go bankrupt

Part ll: Listed below are specific questions relating to the Constitution. Answer each question and and provide the location in the Constitution that is the source of the answer.

1. Who enacted the Constitution ? (What does the document say ?)

2. What is the supreme law of the land ?

3. What are the three branches of the U.S. Government ?

a)

b)

c)

4. What is treason ?

5. How may amendments to the Constitution be proposed ?

6. How may amendments to the Constitution be ratified ?

7. In which House do all bills dealing with money (including taxes) originate ? Why ?

8. Can a bill become law without the President's signature ?

9. How many senators are elected at any one election ? How many members of the House are elected ?

10. Under what circumstances can a member of Congress be arrested ?

11. What is a presidential veto ?

12. How can Congress overturn a veto ?

13. Under what circumstances can a President veto a bill without returning it to Congress ?

14. Who rules on cases (or lawsuits) between states ?

15. What is the term of office for members of the federal judiciary ?

16. Why is a person with a driver's licence from New York able to legally drive in California ?

17. How do states get powers that are not specifically granted to the federal government ? (clue-it's an amendment)

18. List three examples of what states may not do.

a)

b)

c)

19. Who controls Territories and property of the United States ?

20. Which House has the power to impeach a government official ? Which House holds the trial of an official who has been impeached ?

21. How many votes are necessary for conviction (removal from office) in an impeachment trial ?

22. Can the number of United States Senators from any one state be increased or reduced ?

23. With what is the first paragraph of Article 1, Sec. 9 dealing ? What word is not used ? Why do you suppose that ommission happened ?

Define:

bicameral

Writ of Habeas Corpus

bill of attainder

ex post facto

extradition