The controversy over the "midnight judges" appointed by the outgoing Federalist president John Adams gave rise to the pivotal U.S. Supreme Court case
A) McCulloch v. Maryland.
B) Worcester v. Georgia.
C) Marbury v. Madison.
D) Gibbons v. Ogden.
Answer: C
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a. its rich mineral resources. b. the conquests of Ivan the Great. c. its geographic location. d. the conquests of Ivan the Great and its geographic location.
Which of the following was a reason for Clinton's victory in the 1996 presidential election?
a. He put forward a plan to overhaul the nation's health-care system. b. He took a strong stand against gun-control legislation. c. The proposals of his Republican opponent seemed reactionary to the electorate. d. He successfully redefined the "family-values" issue, thus reclaiming it from conservatives.
Many African leaders became involved in the slave trade to
a. protect their territories from European developers. b. keep their own people from being enslaved. c. become involved in religious wars. d. unite various tribes against Europeans. e. acquire guns, which now became the base of wealth.
American settlers moved to Texas in the 1820s and 1830s, because
a. slavey was allowed b. land was wearing out in Alabama and Georgia c. it was far away from the Underground Railroad d. land was plentiful and cheap for raising cotton e. the Mexican government allowed Americans to set up their own extraterritorial government rather than be governed from Mexico City