Psci 1101 chapter 3 test Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSCI 1101 Chapter 3 Test with Correct Solutions Enumerated Powers - Answer-The explicit powers given to Congress by the Constitution in Article I, Section 8. These include the powers of taxation, coinage of money, regulation of commerce, and provision for the national defense Externality - Answer-Public goods or bads generated as by-products of private activity. For example, air pollution is an externality (public bad) because it is, in part, the by-product of the private activity of dri...

17th amendment - Answer allows for direct election of US senators, turned the senate away from state interests Supremacy Clause of Constitution - Answer specifies that national law is supreme so long as national law "conforms to the Constitution." Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause) - Answer increases national power insofar as it allows congress to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers"