[ 173 ] Civics and Government GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Andover, Massachusetts, claims to be the largest community in the world to be governed by an annual Town Meeting. All registered voters are eligible to attend and vote at Town Meeting. Citizens have the opportunity to stand up and be counted on issues such as the town and school budgets and special projects and issues, such as new sidewalks and changes in the zoning laws. The type of government in Andover is best described as a. anarchy. b. oligarchy. c. dictatorship. d. democracy. This question is based on the following excerpt from Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. . . . 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. —United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 The second paragraph is sometimes known as the elastic clause. The elastic clause has been used to justify all of the following acts of Congress except a. establish a national bank. b. draft young people into the U.S. Army. c. outlaw racial discrimination practices. d. eliminate judicial review.