GOVT 407 EXAM 3 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Checks & Balances.
Answer: Government structure that authorizes each branch of
government to share powers with the other branches, thereby
holding accountability over each other
◉ Enumerated Powers.
Answer: Powers expressly granted to Congress in the Constitution
◉ Full Faith & Credit Clause.
Answer: Addresses the duties that states within the United States
have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of
every other state."
◉ Necessary & Proper Clause.
Answer: Also knowns as the "elastic clause"; Grants Congress a set of
implied powers -that is- powers not explicitly named in the
Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to
implement the expressed powers
◉ Shay's Rebellion.
, Answer: Series of protest in 1786 and 1887 by American farmers
against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgement
for debt
◉ Three-Fifths Compromise.
Answer: Compromise of slavery at the Constitutional Convention
that granted states extra representation in the House of
Representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of
three-fifths
◉ Reserved Powers.
Answer: Powers assigned to states and the people; 10th Amendment
of the US Constitution covers the subject of reserved powers
◉ Articles of Confederation.
Answer: Initial governing authority of the United States, 1781-1788
◉ Confederation.
Answer: Is a group of states and territories that are joined together
by central government that has limited powers of authority. Weaker
central government, the individual and state still retain a strong
sense of independence
◉ Great Compromise.
WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Checks & Balances.
Answer: Government structure that authorizes each branch of
government to share powers with the other branches, thereby
holding accountability over each other
◉ Enumerated Powers.
Answer: Powers expressly granted to Congress in the Constitution
◉ Full Faith & Credit Clause.
Answer: Addresses the duties that states within the United States
have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of
every other state."
◉ Necessary & Proper Clause.
Answer: Also knowns as the "elastic clause"; Grants Congress a set of
implied powers -that is- powers not explicitly named in the
Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to
implement the expressed powers
◉ Shay's Rebellion.
, Answer: Series of protest in 1786 and 1887 by American farmers
against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgement
for debt
◉ Three-Fifths Compromise.
Answer: Compromise of slavery at the Constitutional Convention
that granted states extra representation in the House of
Representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of
three-fifths
◉ Reserved Powers.
Answer: Powers assigned to states and the people; 10th Amendment
of the US Constitution covers the subject of reserved powers
◉ Articles of Confederation.
Answer: Initial governing authority of the United States, 1781-1788
◉ Confederation.
Answer: Is a group of states and territories that are joined together
by central government that has limited powers of authority. Weaker
central government, the individual and state still retain a strong
sense of independence
◉ Great Compromise.
