1. A direct tax is one that must be paid by the person on whom it is imposed.  An indirect tax is one first paid by one person but then passed on to another.  Commerce power is the power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade.  Legal tender is any kind of money that is paid by law to pay for debts.  Bankruptcy is the legal proceeding in which the bankrupt’s assets are distributed among those to whom he owes money to.  Copyright is the exclusive right of an author to reproduce, publish, and sell his or her creative work.  A patent is something that grants a person the right to manufacture, use or sell a product.  An eminent domain is the inherent power to take a private property for public use.  
  2. The expressed powers of the Congress are mostly found in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. 
  3. Two parts
    1. The purpose of the power of tax is to protect domestic industry against foreign competition by increasing the cost of the foreign goods.
    2. The purpose of the power to borrow is so that the government can finance projects that cannot be paid for out of the current revenues.
  4. The National Government has the power to make currency because it would guarantee that the money in the nation of all the same instead of different types for each state.
  5. The Congress has the power to regulate interstate and foreign trade. 
  6. Two parts
    1. The Congress draws its power of foreign affairs from the various expressed powers and from the fact that the United States is a sovereign state.
    2. The Congress shares this power with the President
  7. The Congress has several different war powers due because of the Constitution.  They are that the Congress can declare war.  It can also raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navy, and make rules pertaining to governing the land and naval forces.  Congress also has the ability to grant letters or marque and reprisal and make rule concerning the captures on land and water.
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