What was the focus of the Sixteenth Amendment?
A) ?It provided for separate but equal public facilities.
B) ?It allowed an income tax.
C) ?It guaranteed women the right to vote in federal elections.
D) ?It provided for the direct election of senators.
E) ?It established Prohibition.
B
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A) Thomas Jefferson B) Alexander Hamilton C) James Madison D) George Washington
Who unwittingly undercut the sovereign-state position when he wrote "The question turns ... on that poor little thing - the expression, We are the people instead of the United States of America"?
The purpose of new English companies to finance New World settlements was to ________
A) compete for large capital investment B) promise immense wealth to investors C) encourage "limited liability" for the investors D) finance the expense of gaining a royal charter E) get around religious restrictions on investment profits
A distinctive pattern in marriage of Catholics compared to Jews and Eastern Orthodox Christians was that
a. marriage was usually set at the onset of puberty. b. marriage had to be conducted according to a contract negotiated between both families and the Church. c. marriage was reserved until later, when each member could afford to establish a household. d. marriage was required within the community for stability. e. marriages could not be ended except by death.