1. CHAPTER 11: CONGRESSIONAL POWERS GOVERNMENT

2. THREE TASKS: First: You need to determine whether a power is: A Legislative Power – deals with making laws A Non-Legislative Power – does not deal with making laws Second: If it is legislative; is it… Money/ Commerce Power Military/ Foreign Policy Power Other Legislative Powers Denied Power If it is non-legislative; whose job is it… House of Representatives Senate Both Third: Explain why you answered the way you did.

3. #1 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both A new $5 bill was put into circulation last year.

4. #2 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both President Clinton was the most recent president to be impeached.

5. #3 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both In 2000 George Bush barely reached the 270 electoral votes needed to become president, with 271 votes. If he hadn’t, how would a president have been chosen?

6. #4 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both A new citizenship test was created last year for immigrants to take, and are required to pass to obtain citizenship.

7. #5 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both The government prohibits discrimination in restaurants, hotels, and other public accommodatio ns.

8. #6 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both The government recently ratified a treaty with China in a trade agreement.

9. #7 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both President Obama recently appointed Elena Kagan as a Justice of the Supreme Court. Which then had to be confirmed.

10. #8 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both The government is not in agreement on whether we needed to declare war on North Korea after they bombed our ally, South Korea.

11. #9 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both President Bush was watched to make sure that he was decreasing the number of troops in Iraq in compliance with the new law.

12. #10 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both A new change to the Constitution was proposed last year “To allow non- natural born citizens to become President if they have been a citizen for 20 years”

13. #11 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both The government held hearings into the steroid usage in major league baseball.

14. #12 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both Indiana’s National Guard stationed in Danville was just called to duty in Afghanistan.

15. #13 Legislative; is it… A. Money/ Commerce Power B. Military/ Foreign Policy Power C. Other Legislative Powers D. Denied Power Non-legislative; whose job is it… E. House of Representatives F. Senate G. Both Now that Avon is a town, it should apply to have a post office.

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