An early law at the national level that prohibited slavery in a specific part of the United States was the ______.
A. Fugitive Slave Act
B. Northwest Ordinance
C. Alien and Sedition Acts
D. Civil Rights Act
B. Northwest Ordinance
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Which of the following is a criticism leveled against county government and the lack of empowerment of the commissioners court?
a. inability to launch the spoils system b. inability to pass ordinances c. failure to abolish the home rule charter d. failure to establish the long ballot
The purpose of checks and balances is to ensure that
a. the government remains solvent. b. national laws always supercede conflicting state laws. c. no branch of government becomes too powerful. d. large states never dominate small states. e. the executive branch dominates over the other branches.
How is President Barack Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act a return to creative federalism? How does he obviously turn away from what is labeled the New Federalism?
What will be an ideal response?
Which ideology places the greatest emphasis on economic freedom?
A. liberalism B. populism C. socialism D. libertarianism E. conservatism