In what way(s) did the Bridget Mergens case impact the establishment of student or-ganizations on high school campuses? How can this case be related and applied to issues and controversies on today’s high school campuses?

What will be an ideal response?


Students may discuss the relationship between this case and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. But this case and the EAA of 1984 have been used to support such con-troversial groups as LGBT gay–straight alliances as well as a variety of other groups that demonstrate the unintended consequences of the Mergens decision.

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Passed in 1913, which constitutional amendment powerfully enhanced the national government's ability to raise money?

A. Sixteenth B. Fifteenth C. Fourteenth D. Eighteenth E. Seventeenth

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Adams finds that it takes less time to get home when she walks through Benson's yard instead of going around it. She asks Benson's permission to cross his land, and Benson says, "All right, but you must stop walking across when I say so because I don't want my grass to die.". By letting Adams walk across his property, Benson has created

a. an easement because it gives Adams the right to do an act on Benson's property. b. a license because Benson may revoke the privilege at any time. c. an estate because it is an interest in land. d. None of the above is correct.

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The primary school of thought opposing Keynesianism is known as ______.

A. neoliberalism B. socialism C. demand-side D. regulated capitalism

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Why is the issue of marriage an important one to the gay rights movement?

What will be an ideal response?

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