How did Congress address Senator William Maclay's concerns about the broad appellate jurisdiction held by the federal courts?
A) They established district courts only in largely populated states.
B) Appeal cases were restricted to just the circuit courts.
C) Cases between citizens of different states were banned in federal courts.
D) They created a three-tiered system of district and circuit courts along with the Supreme Court.
D
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An analysis of various states' "grandfather clauses" shows that
A) they were not aimed at freed blacks. B) they were mainly aimed at recent immigrants. C) the Reconstruction period had ended and equality now existed. D) legal efforts were instituted to keep blacks from voting.
It took more than two generations after arrival for African slaves to acquire the ___________ of the colonial rulers.
A. religion B. culture C. trust D. language
Conflict between Britain and China over the opium trade ended in __________
A) a British triumph B) humiliating British defeat C) stalemate D) a Chinese triumph
President George Washington in his Farewell Address, President James Monroe in the Monroe Doctrine, and the opponents of the League of Nations all wanted the United States to
(a) avoid European conflicts (b) avoid trade with foreign nations (c) refuse diplomatic recognition of nondemocratic nations (d) reduce foreign influence by establishing immigration quotas