Between 1821 and 1848, the lands containing California became part of which country?
A. Mexico
B. Spain
C. United States
D. Canada
Answer: A
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Richard Hofstadter contends that, by eighteenth-century standards, the founders were
a. moderates. b. reactionaries. c. radicals. d. libertarians.
If Court justices have become more willing to monitor the activities of other governmental entities, they likely believe in exercising which of the following?
A. judicial restraint B. judicial conservatism C. judicial originalism D. judicial review
Sally is writing an introduction to a research paper. She has just finished reviewing previous literature on the topic. What would you recommend that Sally do next in her introduction?
a. explain problems or inconsistencies in the literature b. explain gaps in the literature c. articulate tension areas in the literature d. all of the above
In the period from the end of World War I to 1969, the rise of the threat of Russia and international communism resulted in
A. a pronouncement by the Supreme Court that the people, through their representatives in Congress, had the sole power to judge the limits of free speech, and could expand or contract those limits as they saw fit. B. expanded protections for freedom of speech and other civil rights, in an attempt to emphasize the value of American liberties. C. increased limitations on the freedom of speech, making it possible to ban speech simply for having the tendency to encourage evil deeds. D. expanded protections for political speech, though standards for defining material as obscene remained low. E. a pronouncement by the Supreme Court that freedom of speech was inviolate and could not be curtailed even if it was malicious and false.