NAME ___________________________________ Period _____ Date ________________________
11.2 Student Notes
Magruder’s American Government C H A P T E R 11 Powers of Congress
Chapter 11, S E C T I O N 2 - “The Expressed Powers”
Expressed Powers of Congress
The Constitution (Article I) gives Congress the power:
1) _______________ ___________________ - (must be for public use – good of society)
2) Manage & Pay ______________ , & _________________ Money- (Deficit
Financing & the Public Debt) – More on these in a minute
3) Regulate _____________________ - (Trade – foreign, domestic, and Native
American – create a standard set of weights and measures)
4) _______________________ Standards “Citizenship” & __________________
Policy – (Uniform)
5) ______________________ Power – (creation of legal tender, printing and coining
money, currency design, etc)
6) Defend against _____________________________ – (Via the Secret Service)
7) Create and Regulate ____________ ____________ – (Ex. Postage = Congress
Approves)
8) Manage ________________ and ________________ Laws – (to promote creativity &
advancement)
9) Create all ________________ ________________ _________________ beneath the
Supreme Court
The Borrowing Power
Article _____, Section ______, Clause 2 gives Congress the power “to borrow Money on
the credit of the United States.”
•
______________________ _________________ is the practice of spending more money
than received in revenue (money taken in) and borrowing to make up the difference.
•
The _______________ ________________ is all of the money borrowed by the
government over the years and not yet repaid, plus the accumulated interest on that
money.
NAME ___________________________________ Period _____ Date ________________________
11.2 Student Notes
Federal Spending 2015 Where does our government spend most of our money?
Federal Revenue 2015 Where does most of the Governments revenue come from?