Which amendment is often invoked today in cases concerning affirmative action and reproductive choice?
a) Twelfth Amendment
b) Thirteenth Amendment
c) Fourteenth Amendment
d) Fifteenth Amendment
c) Fourteenth Amendment
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A) Geraldine Ferraro B) Sandra Day O'Connor C) Jeane Kirkpatrick D) Elizabeth Dole
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
During the French and Indian War, British and American troops differed in that
a. the British were disciplined professionals; the Americans were undisciplined volunteers. b. the British followed orders without question; the Americans only obeyed orders they considered reasonable. c. the British enlisted for long terms of service; the Americans enlisted for one campaign. d. the British subjected soldiers to harsh discipline; the Americans thought that harsh discipline violated the terms of their enlistment. e. all of these choices
How did Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations undermine the Ptolemaic model of the universe?
a. They demonstrated that Jupiter had moons. b. They demonstrated the existence of yet undiscovered planets beyond Saturn whose gravity was influencing the known planets. c. They demonstrated that the comet of 1577 needed to have passed right through the crystalline spheres postulated by the Ptolemaic model. d. They demonstrated that the planets must have circular orbits. e. They demonstrated that planetary motion was elliptical not circular.