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    as a word document by 7:25am on Friday‚ 12/4. 1. List four enumerated powers granted to Congress by the Constitution (Article I‚ Section 8) a. b. c. d. 2. The implied power of Congress comes from the "necessary and proper clause" which is also referred to as the elastic clause. Cite two historical examples of this power. a. b. 3. Explain the significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803) 4. Explain the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 5. How many members are there in the House of Representatives

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    DBQ: Constitution Interpretation The Federalists versus the Democratic-Republicans Step 1: Think on the Prompt •“With respect to the federal Constitution‚ the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison? •What is the descriptive word in the prompt? –“to what extent” is similar

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    According to David Mayhew‚ author of Congress: The Electoral Connection‚ Congress has many different functions that it performs including: “ . . .legislating‚ overseeing the executive‚ expressing public opinion‚ and servicing constituents” (Mayhew 2004‚ 8). While all these are important to the role Congress plays‚ the most important ability is the authority to create laws. Congress derives its power to perform its functions and to create laws‚ from Article I of the Constitution. Although Article

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    -Jeffersonian’s and Democratic republicans opposed it because they were strict constructionists ( they followed the constitution very strictly) -Hamilton supported it because he was a loose constructionist - Washington used the elastic clause as a reason to approve the bank Elastic clause “ if it is necessary and proper for a government to carry out its delegated powers then it is allowed” Washington’s Farewell Address -Warned against political powers -Warns against permanent alliance Alien

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    paragraphs each How is power shared between the state and federal governments and what argument did Hamilton and Madison make for a federal system? Explain enumerated powers and implied powers. What does the 10th Amendment say and with what two clauses of the Constitution does the 10th Amendment potentially conflict? There is no fixed principle on how power is to be shared among 3 branches or between states and federal government. Power shifts over time in response to what people perceive as

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    Chapter Three: American Federalism and Nationalism 1. What is the Necessary and Proper Clause? How has it been used to stretch the powers of the national government?  The constitutional declaration defines the Necessary and Proper Clause as Congress’s authority to exercise the “necessary and proper” powers to carry designated functions.  It is also known as elastic clause‚ because it includes all implied in the constitutional text. It has been used to stretch the power of the national government

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    allows them to collect taxes‚ regulate interstate commerce‚ and coin money. It also includes regulating currency‚ declaring war‚ and raising and maintaining an army and navy. The Federal government can boast implied powers. This is based on the elastic clause and is considered “necessary and proper”. For example‚ in 1791‚ Federalists in Congress argued that the creation of a national bank was “necessary and proper” for Congress to execute its enumerated powers to coin and borrow money and regulate

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    were created‚ people they might believed weaken the unity of the U.S.‚ but they checked and balanced each other out to make sure there would be no tyrannical party ruler. As the Federalists interpreted the Constitution loosely‚ mainly using the elastic clause‚ they were able to create and pass laws that were not directly stated in the Constitution‚ which the Democratic-Republicans would then argue as invalid. During the period from 1800 to 1824‚ both the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans stayed

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    Debate Over the Strength of Central Government The period of 1783-1800 was shaped by the debate between those who supported a strong central government and those who wanted more power given to the states. This period dealt with issues surrounding the formations of factions that threatened to split the young nation‚ the inclusion of a Bill of Rights‚ and the constitutionality of a national bank. Factions divided the people into those who supported a strong central government and those

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    finite element method for thin-walled members –basic principles‚" Thin-Walled Structures‚ 41(2-3)‚ 179-189. 2. Balfour‚ T.A.D (1992)‚ Computer analysis of structural framework‚ Blackwel l‚ Melbourne. 3. Byklum E and Amdahl J.‚ A simplified method for elastic large deflection analysis of plates and stiffened panels due to local buckling. Thin-Walled Structures 40 11 (2002)‚ pp. 923–951. 4. Ben Young and Jintang Yan. (2004)‚ Column Tests of Cold-Formed Steel Channel with Complex Stiffeners‚ ASCE: Journal

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