Congress proposes an amendment legalizing an income tax. • The Supreme Court rules that the income tax is unconstitutional. These events illustrate the use of
(a) delegated powers
(b) checks and balances
(c) judical legislation
(d) the unwritten constitution
Answer: (b) checks and balances
You might also like to view...
Both Christian and pagan literary works were preserved in what form?
a. manuscript b. inscriptions c. codex d. scrolls e. books
Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?
A) Because so many of them had become separatists, they had to leave England to save their church. B) Charles I had started supporting them, creating conflicts with Catholic nobles. C) The Church of England was firing their ministers and censoring their writings. D) Puritan leader John Winthrop wanted a high-level position, and leaving England was the only way for him to get it. E) The Poor Law of 1623 banned non-Catholics from receiving government aid.
During the Great Depression, both the marriage rate and the divorce rate declined.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
During World War II, organized labor in the United States
A. lost membership as wages rose across most industries. B. frequently used the threats of strikes to obtain higher wages. C. won a significant victory with the passage of the Smith-Connally Act. D. won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers. E. agreed to freeze union membership and wages until the war was over.