USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE US CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE ARTICLES AND AMENDMENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Powers that are NOT in the Constitution, but are used to carry out expressed powers are called ____ powers.
A
Denied
B
Expressed
C
Implied
D
Reserved
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The implied powers are those required by the national government to carry out the expressed powers. 2. The inherent power is a power that the President and Congress exercise regardless of the fact that it is not expressly granted by Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The national government’s expressed powers allow it to levy taxes, to coin money, to make war, to raise an army and navy, and to regulate interstate commerce. B. The implied powers, in the elastic clause of the Constitution, are powers the national government requires to carry out the expressed powers.

Detailed explanation-3: -What does implied powers mean? Implied powers are political powers granted to the United States government that aren’t explicitly stated in the Constitution. They’re implied to be granted because similar powers have set a precedent. These implied powers are necessary for the function of any given governing body.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the United States federal government, the term “implied powers” applies to those powers exercised by Congress that are not expressly granted to it by the Constitution but are deemed “necessary and proper” to effectively execute those constitutionally granted powers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Implied powers are not specifically stated in the Constitution, but may be inferred from the elastic (or “necessary and proper") clause (Article I, Section 8).

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