Legislative Branch Quizlet

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Representatives

,

(b) Senators

• 2 year terms

• 6 year terms

• Speaker

• resideing President

• must be at least 30 years old

• must be at least 25 years old

• 100 members

• 435 members

Match the following

• reserved

• Federal Powers

• delegated

• Shared Powers

• concurrent

• State Powers

The dividing and sharing of powers between federal and state governments is called...

Reorder the following goals found in the Preamble to the Constitution. "We the people, in order to form a more perfect Union..."

• secure the blessing of liberty

• establish justice

• insure domestic tranquility

• provide for the common defense

• promote the general welfare

The framers of the Constitution wanted a government powerful enough to ​ (a)   the rights of ​ (b)  

• protect
• citizens
• defend
• the states

The framers wanted a government powerful enough to ​ (a)   the country against ​ (b)   .

• defend
• foreign threats
• promote
• future rebellions

When Congress has to stretch its power to handle an unexpected issue, they use the ​ (a)   .

• elastic clause
• rubber band clause
• flexible clause

Another name for the elastic clause is the ​ (a)   clause.

• necessary and proper
• essential and right
• flexible and needed

Match the context of the Constitution with the correct Article where the information is found.

• Legislative Branch

• Article 2

• Judicial Branch

• Article 3

• Executive Branch

• Article 1

What do you call the separation of powers that keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful over another?