The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the known world for colonization by which two European powers?
a. Portugal
b. Great Britain
c. France
d. Spain
a. Portugal
d. Spain
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Explain the pattern of presidential succession and the policies established by the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
What will be an ideal response?
In 1896, the Supreme Court addressed segregation and racial discrimination in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What precedent was established by the ruling in this case?
A) States must act with haste to correct discriminatory laws and practices. B) Racial segregation laws violate the Fourteenth Amendment's "equal protection" clause. C) Only state courts may address state laws dealing with race relations. D) The Fourteenth Amendment does not give powers to the federal government to regulate local segregation issues. E) Under the doctrine of "separate but equal" segregation was constitutional.
Beyond the federal protections granted to all U.S. citizens, states are responsible for carrying out and managing elections, which has resulted in
a. a streamlined system of voting. b. a uniformed standard followed by most states. c. fifty different systems of electing public officials. d. distinct regional differences in electoral techniques. e. an unreliable system that is rarely accurate.
The authority of a chief executive to withhold approval from specific parts of appropriations bills passed by the legislature is known as
(A) a pocket veto (B) a line-item veto (C) a legislative veto (D) an executive order (E) an executive privilege