During his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt was able to make a number of appointments to the Supreme Court due to the __________.
a) resignation of the justices on the bench
b) success of his “court-packing” scheme
c) passage of a constitutional amendment
d) support of a Republican-controlled Congress
a) resignation of the justices on the bench
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What will be an ideal response?
The Kefauver Committee's investigations did NOT
A) produce effective new crime fighting legislation. B) heighten public awareness of political corruption. C) lead to the defeat of proposals to legalize gambling in several states. D) claim organized crime in America was rooted in centralized ethnic conspiracy operating on a national scale.
Construction of the Northern Wall was begun under ________
A) Xunzi B) Shi Huangdi C) Han Wudi D) Wang Mang
Unlike the patricians, the plebeians
A. made up a smaller percentage of the population. B. could not be elected to governmental offices before 150 CE. C. were less privileged and often poorer than the patricians. D. were barred from military roles. E. became slaves when they could not pay their debts.