In the United States, the national and state governments have both independent and shared powers over their citizens, but the national and state governments do not owe their existences to each other
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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a. the president b. the solicitor general c. the chief justice of the Supreme Court d. the Senate majority leader
Besavia, a European country, has recently passed a law that supports the propagation of the Protestant religion. The law encourages the establishment of churches and makes it compulsory for people to practice Protestantism. It also criminalizes the practice of other religions. If this were to happen in the U.S., the law would be illegal due to the violation of the _____ to the Constitution.
A. Second Amendment B. Third Amendment C. First Amendment D. Eighth Amendment E. Tenth Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education both applied which amendment's equal protection clause, but in opposite ways?
a. The Thirteenth Amendment b. The Fourteenth Amendment c. The Fifteenth Amendment d. The Sixteenth Amendment
All of the following were used by southern states to keep African Americans from voting EXCEPT
a. use of intimidation and threats of violence. b. requiring the payment of a poll tax prior to voting. c. passing laws that stated that former slaves and children of slaves could not vote. d. using difficult literacy tests when African Americans sought to register. e. none of the above.