1. Define the commerce clause and the necessary and proper clause. What type of powers are these, and what are they reserved for?
2. Identify two constitutional clauses that establish rules directing how states must relate to each other. What is the purpose of each of these clauses?
3. What powers does the Constitution deny to the states?
4. What is the supremacy clause? How does this relate to the issue of federalism in the United States?
5. What does the Tenth Amendment provide for? How does this fit into the concept of federalism in the United States?
6. After the Civil War, which three Constitutional amendments shifted the balance of power in favor of the national government in civil rights policy?
7. How did the three Constitutional amendments increase the power of the national government? Name and identify the purposes of the amendments.
8. Explain the reasoning behind the U.S. Supreme Court's finding that Congress does have the power to charter a bank. What key clause of the Constitution was this based on?
9. What did the Court's interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause and the Supremacy Clause mean for federal power concerning that of the states?