The Declaration of Independence listed grievances against which of the following people, including the suspension of popularly elected colonial legislatures, taxing without representation, and trials without juries?
A. King George II
B. King George III
C. Queen Elizabeth
D. George Washington
E. Thomas Jefferson
Answer: B
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a. amicus curiae b. habeas corpus c. outsider d. coram nobis
The Equal Pay Act of 1963
A. requires employers to provide equal pay for substantially equal work. B. requires employers to re-grade the pay scales for the comparable but different jobs held by women and men to make them more equitable. C. requires that employers promote more women into managerial positions. D. allows for men to be paid more than women with the same job responsibilities if they have families. E. All of these choices are true.
Advocates of states' rights would use which amendment to argue their constitutional position?
A) First Amendment B) Fifth Amendment C) Tenth Amendment D) Twelfth Amendment E) Fourteenth Amendment
Which Supreme Court case declared that only a compelling state interest could justify denying an exception to providing unemployment benefits to a Seventh-day Adventist who refuses to work on the Sabbath?
a. Sherbert v. Verner (1963) b. Employment Division v. Smith (1990) c. West Virginia v. Barnette (1943) d. Benton v. Maryland (1969) e. Klopfer v. North Carolina (1967)