Which of the following is true of the Defense of Marriage Act?
A) It allowed state governments to ignore same-sex marriages performed in other states.
B) It stated that America's federal government should allow same-sex couples to get married.
C) It allowed state governments to provide medical and social benefits to couples in same-sex marriages.
D) It stated that the national government is required to accept state-authorized same-sex marriages.
E) It stated that every state is required to treat a relationship between persons of the same sex as a marriage.
A
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Another purpose of the final version of the Declaration of Independence was to
A) disband the army headed by George Washington. B) condemn the burgeoning slave trade. C) guarantee personal civil rights to all colonists. D) support the idea of strong central government?. E) justify the colonists' revolt against Britain.
A similarity that exists between the states of Pennsylvania and Georgia during the time of the American Revolution and the state of Nebraska today is that all three
A) ?instituted a nonvoluntary state militia. B) ?imposed a state income tax. C) ?established a plural executive. D) rejected the idea of a Bill of Rights. E) ?adopted a unicameral legislature.
After the Seven Years’ War, Great Britain was ______.
a. a weakened power among Northern European nations b. a weakened sea power in comparison to France and Spain c. highly dependent upon its colonies for continued power d. the unquestioned European power in North America and Canada