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Please sit in your assigned seats and quietly follow the directions below: Answer the following question in your bell ringer notebook: 1) The concept of separation and balance of powers in the Constitution refers to A) a separation of powers between various executive departments.
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Please sit in your assigned seats and quietly follow the directions below: Answer the following question in your bell ringer notebook: 1) The concept of separation and balance of powers in the Constitution refers to A) a separation of powers between various executive departments. B) a separation of powers between the national and state governments. C) a separation of powers between separate and coequal branches of government. D) a separation of individual rights from the rights that are granted to state governments.
Key Terms: 1. Bond: form of loan, or IOU 2. Revenue: the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses. 3. “Elastic” Clause: Also known as the “Necessary and Proper” Clause; “The Congress shall have Power - To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof”
Key Terms: 4. Protective Tariff: a high tax on imports designed to prompt consumers to purchase the lower priced goods produced in their home country. 5. The Whiskey Rebellion: a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington; farmers who sold their grain in the form of whiskey had to pay a new tax which they strongly resented. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to pay off the national debt