Which legislation set up land-selling offices in the West, made parcels of land smaller, and allowed payments over time, thus making land more affordable to settlers?
A) The Homestead Act of 1862
B) Northwest Ordinance Act of 1787
C) Land Act of 1785
D) Land Act of 1800
E) Land Ordinance of 1804
D
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If you were to argue that the South lost the war because of its own shortcomings, which one of the following would NOT be an effective argument?
A) Southern planters' unwillingness to give up privilege B) resistance of governors to unifying militias C) the lack of ability to raise taxes D) a too-powerful central government
What did the 1803 Supreme Court decision Marbury v. Madison do?
(A) Reaffirmed the Court's power of judicial review (B) Reaffirmed the Court's supremacy over state courts (C) Found the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional (D) Reaffirmed the Court's right to hear appeals cases
In 1564 the __________ established Fort Caroline as a first step toward establishing a colony in Florida
A) Dutch B) Spanish C) English D) French
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the concept of representative government held by colonial Americans in 1763?
A. An assembly is not representative unless all people twenty-one years of age and over have the right to vote. B. A person elected to a colonial assembly represents only the people from the region in which eligible voters had a chance to vote for him directly. C. A person elected to a colonial assembly represents the whole colony, not just the people from his district. D. The population must be approximately equal in each district from which an assembly's representatives are chosen.