The net effect of the Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden was
a. reversing its ruling in Marbury v. Madison.
b. protecting the policy responsibilities of the states via the Tenth Amendment.
c. restructuring the meaning of the Seventeenth Amendment.
d. creating a powerful precedent that allowed future national policy to develop free of the constraints of state prerogatives.
d. creating a powerful precedent that allowed future national policy to develop free of the constraints of state prerogatives.
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A unified national citizenship is provided for in the Constitution ______.
A. in the national citizen clause of Article I B. only by implication C. in the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment D. expressly in the preamble
After early rulings by the Supreme Court increased the power of the national government, states sought a shift back to states' rights due to
A. increasing divisions between the North and the South over the slavery issue. B. conflict over congressional passage of a tariff on trade in 1828. C. concern over expanding power by the federal government in the regulation of commerce. D. conflict over the role of the national government and that of the states. E. All of these choices are true.
Which statement explains why most nations in North America, East Asia, and Western Europe are labeled as "developed?"
a. These nations have nearly used up all of their natural resources b. These nations are unlikely to get any wealthier c. These nations have created the environment needed for sustained growth d. These countries have shifted from domestic growth to a focus on globalization
Which of the following countries refused to sign the treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weapons to nations not already possessing them?
A) the United States B) the USSR C) France D) Great Britain E) none of the above