The Judiciary Act of 1789 __________
A) was primarily the work of Oliver Ellsworth
B) set up a Supreme Court with one chief justice and five associate justices
C) defined the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
D) provided that the chief justice would be chosen by the Senate
E) established the power of judicial review
Answer: B
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a. Black Panther Party for Self-Defense b. Fair Employment Practices Committee c. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People d. Southern Christian Leadership Conference e. Urban League
Texas was finally annexed to the United States:
A) under a joint resolution of Congress pushed through by Tyler. B) only after Clay won the election of 1844. C) under a treaty negotiated by Polk. D) only after the Mexican War ended.
The presidential elections of the 1870s and 1880s
a. turned many voters off from partisan politics and negative campaigning. b. were dominated by sparkling, charismatic candidates. c. were mostly landslides for the Republicans. d. centered on the two parties' ideological differences over issues like currency policy and civil-service reform. e. aroused huge voter turnouts of nearly 80 percent.
Before the Massachusetts Bay colony became a royal colony, the right to vote was limited to
a. all adults who agreed to abide by the legal code of the colony. b. all property-owning adult male residents of the colony who owned stock in the Massachusetts Bay Company c. all property-owning adult males who were members of the Puritan church. d. all residents of the colony who were members of the Puritan church.