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Questions on the Constitution

Refer to the Constitution 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