What action of the federal government in the 1790s suggests that free blacks were understood to be citizens?
a. Banning slavery in any new states
b. Integrating schools in Massachusetts
c. Issuing seamen’s protection certificates
d. Passing the Immigration Act
e. Providing a citizenship clause in the Bill of Rights
ANS: C
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Describe the president's influence over the executive branch. Identify specific powers of the "administrator in chief."
Answer:
The Supreme Court told the nation's public schools to desegregate "with all deliberate speed" in the landmark case of
a. Mapp v. Ohio b. Near v. Minnesota c. Gitlow v. New York d. Dred Scott v. Sanford. e. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas,
What is recognized as an action by the courts that goes beyond the role of the judiciary as interpreter of the law and adjudicator of disputes?
A. judicial activism B. judicial execution C. judicial legislation D. judicial intention
In response to the assassination of President Garfield, Congress passed which of the following acts that established a merit- and performance-based system for federal employment?
A. Merit System Act B. Pendleton Act C. Bryce Act D. Dawes Act E. Patriot Act