How did the Stamp Act help set the country on a path to independence?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain the requirements of the Stamp Act.
2. Discuss the colonial response to the Stamp Act.
3. Evaluate how the response to the Stamp Act pushed the colonists toward revolution.
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Which of the following is NOT an example of how the founders intended to make Congress the central branch of government in the U.S. Constitution?
a. By concentrating the most important powers in the U.S. Congress b. By relegating to the presidency only a poorly defined administrative role c. By granting Congress oversight powers over presidential leadership d. By granting both legislative and budgetary powers to Congress e. By establishing the requirement that the President present a yearly state of the union address to Congress
When the Justice Department objected to a Texas voter ID law in 2012, it did so by comparing the fee for the state-mandated ID card to be a(n) __________
a. illegal ID check b. head tax c. violation of the Help America Vote Act d. poll tax
All colleges must meet certain criteria and minimum standards set by agencies like the New England Association of Colleges or the Western Association of Colleges and Schools in order to maintain their
a. accreditation. b. certification. c. operation license. d. ratification documents.
Advocates of Jacksonian democracy would most likely support which of the following?
a) the election of state judges b) abortion rights c) a unicameral legislature d) high salaries for state legislators e) life-time appointment of judges