Chapter 9 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Tax on the sale of goods produced within the United States
Excise tax
Spending projects that a congressman works to get for his/her district that will benefit the people of the district but are actually designed to help them get reelected
Pork barrel politics
Their primary power is to make laws
Congress
Tax on an import
Duty
This amendment created income tax
16th
Three ways that the congress conducts this is entitlements, borrowing, and guaranteed loans
Backdoor spending
This has value only because the national government says it does
Fiat money
They were granted citizenship in 1924
Native Americans
This amendment granted the District of Columbia three electoral votes
23rd
All federal judicial appointments are subject to this process by the senate
Confirmation
This is where all revenue bills originate
House of Representatives
Which Supreme Court case confirmed the federal governments power to regulate interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden
Reaction to this event caused the war powers act of 1973
Vietnam war
Government compensation programs that congress has protected by law
Entitlements
Constitutional powers not withheld from the state’s but are withheld from the national government
Reserved powers
What terms means a document that requires a person to testify before a congressional committee
Subpoena
Why is there a time limit on patents and copyrights
To avoid monopolies
How many justices are on the Supreme Court today
9
How many times has the House of Representatives chosen the president
2
List the three ways the congress conducts backdrop spending
Entitlements, borrowing, and guaranteed loans
Define pork barrel politics and backdrop spending and explain why they are detrimental to the people and government of the United States
Pork barrel politics involves spending projects that a congressman works to get for his district that will benefit the people of the district but that are actually designed to help him get reflected. Backdrop spending is that which is immune from budget cuts.
