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Chapter 8: Study Guide

Section 2: The Powers of Congress

Powers Given to Congress:

1)                 What are delegated powers?

Promoting the General Welfare:

2)                 What does it mean to promote the general welfare and what are some ways that Congress does this?

Providing for Defense:

3)                 What is the War Powers Act?

4)                 When was the last time that Congress declared war?

Establishing Justice:

5)                 Explain the role of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the process of impeachment?

6)                 Who were the only two presidents ever to be impeached?

Unlisted Powers:

7)                The elastic clause gives Congress power to make laws that are “necessary and proper.”  What is an example of a law Congress made that was not written in the Constitution?

Limits on the Powers of Congress:

8)                 Explain the general limits that are placed on Congress.

9)                 Explain the specific limits that are placed on Congress.

10)            What is a writ of habeas corpus?

11)            What are bills of attainder and why are they illegal?

12)            What are ex post facto laws and why are they illegal?