What was the consequence of Congress passing the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
Answer: It voided the 1866 Constitution.
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How does the text define secularism?
a. animosity for religious leaders in political life b. animosity toward religion c. the rejection of religion and its manifestations in public affairs d. support for religion in both public and private life
Before the Civil War, many southern leaders and advocates of states' rights relied on a(n) __________, which declared that each state had retained its sovereignty upon joining the United States
a. doctrine of independence b. compact of independence c. doctrine of nullification d. wide view of federalism
What makes an independent executive agency more “independent” than other bureaucracies?
a. The heads of these departments are not appointed by the president. b. They are not subject to the regulatory authority of any specific department. c. They are assigned very broad tasks that are less focused than Cabinet departments. d. They function as quasi-businesses.
While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency, Herbert Hoover tried to get the president-elect to cooperate on long-term solutions to the Depression because
a. he and Roosevelt had similar ideas on programs to combat the hard times. b. the Hawley-Smoot Tariff was up for immediate renewal. c. he hoped to bind his successor to an anti-inflationary policy that would make much of the New Deal impossible. d. he wanted to show how willing he was to cooperate with the political opposition. e. he hoped to avoid historical blame for failing to address the Depression.