Chapter 9 - The Constitution

Citizens can choose their representatives.

The power to rule is inherited.

A constitutional republic limits government power through a constitution.

Republicanism stresses individual liberty and inalienable rights.

Raising taxes

Declaring war

Printing money

Regulating interstate commerce

By Congress with a two-thirds vote in each house

By a national constitutional convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of state legislatures

By the President's executive order

By a majority vote in the Supreme Court

Imposing taxes

Declaring war

Negotiating treaties

Creating government programs

To write new laws for the nation

To hear and rule on cases presented to them

To enforce laws created by Congress

To manage the nation's finances

Being born on U.S. soil

Having one parent who is a U.S. citizen

Completing the process of naturalization

All of the above

Obeying the law

Paying taxes

Sitting on a jury if called

Owning property