In the case of Munn v. Illinois (1877), the Supreme Court
a. agreed that businesses with a public interest were subject to regulation.
b. declared state Prohibition laws to be unconstitutional.
c. ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment did not protect black voting rights.
d. threw out a state law that limited the vote to native-born citizens.
ANSWER: a
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President Pierce's efforts to acquire Cuba for the United States caused which of the following?
A. Northern support for the liberation of Cuba allayed fears in that region that Pierce was controlled by the Slave Power. B. Some Northerners concluded that Pierce was doing the bidding of the Slave Power. C. Support for such efforts by both Northerners and Southerners led to friendlier relations between the two sections of the country. D. Many Southerners concluded that Pierce wanted to end slavery and settle free blacks in the Caribbean.
What did England and France share in common in the fourteenth century?
A) Popes resided in both countries. B) Both avoided the Black Death. C) The monarchies in both were weak. D) Both enjoyed a long period of peace.
The American artistic movement known as the "Ashcan school"
A. was most identified with the work of John Singer Sargent. B. was strongly influenced by Old World masters. C. included the painter Edward Hopper. D. portrayed an idealized image of rural life. E. rejected expressionism and abstraction as artistic fads.
The punishment of Loyalists during the Revolution
A) gained the support of the most conservative patriots. B) raised concerns over the protection of individual liberty. C) typically fell hardest upon members of the lower classes. D) was tempered by feelings of kinship and affection.