The Sixteenth Amendment allowed the government to:
a. impose and collect an income tax
b. ban the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
c. hold criminal suspects in jail indefinitely
d. prevent criminal suspects from hiring lawyers
Answer: a. impose and collect an income tax
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a. Drudge Report b. Associated Press c. New York Times d. United Press International
A presidential veto may prompt a(n) __________, which requires a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate
Answer:
Which of the following describes the Clery Act of 1990?
a. It requires disclosure of information about campus crime from public and private colleges and universities that participate in federal student aid programs. b. It restrains the federal government's use of unfunded mandates. c. It requires driver's licenses and state-issues identification cards to include standardized anti-fraud security features and machine-readable technology. d. It authorizes the federal government to withhold federal grants from states that practice racial discrimination.
Which of the following was NOT one of the provisions called for within the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty?
a. The elimination of all intermediate-range nuclear weapons within three years, and all medium-range nuclear weapons within eighteen months b. Prohibition of the United States or Soviet Union from ever again possessing such weaponry c. An establishment of a hotline between Moscow and Washington, D.C. for leaders to speak to each other in person in times of crisis d. Series of onsite inspections to ensure compliance e. Creation of a Special Verification Commission that would be continuously in session to deal with any issues that might come up