Which of the following was a provision of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
a. It prohibited each government in the US from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
b. It abolished and prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
c. It prohibited both the Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other type of tax.
d. It gave the federal government responsibility for guaranteeing equal rights under the law to all Americans.
Ans: d. It gave the federal government responsibility for guaranteeing equal rights under the law to all Americans.
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Which of the following statements best describes a government that adopts Keynesian economic theories?
A) Put more money into circulation even though that often leads to recessions. B) Print more paper money, even though that might devalue the currency. C) Create jobs from the top down, even if giving a false picture of a country's real economic situation. D) Juggle the books to make the economy seem stronger than it was. E) Issue bonds for local building projects.
Which of the following statements was true concerning freedom of expression during the seventeenth century?
a. Even in the Netherlands, those who opposed the Calvinist clergy could be detained without a time limit for release. b. The publishing industry was still strictly controlled toward the end of the eighteenth century. c. The liberality professed at Oxford University offered students the chance to express heretical ideas. d. Those who professed Enlightenment principles hoped for more social freedom but were unwilling to attack political institutions in print. e. Freedom of expression was practiced only in English-speaking countries.
In the last two decades of the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to _______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
As the Ottoman Empire, the "sick man of Europe," experienced decline during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which empires vied for influence in the Balkan region?
A. Serbia and Austria-Hungary B. Russia and Germany C. Germany and France D. Austria-Hungary and Russia