In Santa Clara County v. The Southern Pacific Railroad (1886), the Supreme Court ruled that
A) corporations were entitled to the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment.
B) the states' standard incorporation laws were constitutional.
C) the principle of "limited liability" was unconstitutional.
D) government land grants to railroads were illegal.
A
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Why did frontier dwellers often complain about colonial government?
a. Property requirements for voting were usually greater in newer frontier communities than in established communities b. When colonial governments passed laws that benefited people in established communities, such laws seldom applied to the newer frontier communities. c. Colonial governors usually drafted young men for the colonial militia only from newer frontier communities. d. Because colonial assemblies seldom reapportioned themselves, many people in newer frontier communities were not adequately represented.
The South's military strategy at the beginning of the war focused on
A) ?Attacking the northern commercial centers B) ?Focusing on a defensive approach C) Targeting Union military bases D) ?Blockading ships and supplies from entering the North E) ?All of these
A horizontal, decentralized, low-density city sprawling miles from its downtown and totally dependent on automobiles and roads is best exemplified by __________.
A. Grosse Pointe, Michigan B. Houston, Texas C. Elmwood Park, Illinois D. New York City
How did the mayor of the palace tie into the power structure of the church and the Frankish kingdom?
A) They were the successive heads of the royal household who wielded no power, but answered to the church. B) They were a struggling faction of Frankish family members fighting for control. C) They were the successive heads of the royal household who wielded all of the power, and worked in partnership with the church. D) They were the successive heads of the Merovingian family that wielded power. E) They were the successive heads of the Merovingian family that wielded power and partnered with the church.