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Pregunta 1
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Which action is an example of judicial review?
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Congress increased the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court declared part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court heard a case involving a United States ambassador.
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The Chief Justice presided over the impeach- ment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
Pregunta 2
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Which major issue was debated at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and contributed directly to the start of the Civil War?
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regulation of interstate commerce
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setting of qualifications for federal office holders
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length of presidential term of office
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balance of power between the states and the national government
Pregunta 3
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After the Civil War, freedmen in the South had difficulty improving their economic condition because
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literacy for formerly enslaved persons was prohibited
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migration of factory workers from Northern cities had created competition for jobs
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the federal government confiscated their 40- acre grants
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the system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty
Pregunta 4
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In the early 20th century, muckrakers were able to influence American society mainly by
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exposing corruption in business and government
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lobbying members of Congress
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contributing to presidential election cam- paigns
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organizing demonstrations in large cities
Pregunta 5
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Judicial review is most accurately described as the power of the
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president to override a decision of the Supreme Court
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state courts to overturn decisions of the Supreme Court
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Senate to approve all presidential appoint- ments to federal courts
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Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws
Pregunta 6
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The majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1800 and 1860 came from
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southern and eastern Europe
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northern and western Europe
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Latin America
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East Asia
Pregunta 7
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The Red Scare, the growth of the Ku Klux Klan, and the murder convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti were influenced by
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the rise of organized crime
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the passage of immigration quota acts
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a distrust of foreigners
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an effort to stop fascism
Pregunta 8
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Which action is an example of international appeasement?
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Congress authorizing the Manhattan Project
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Japan attacking Pearl Harbor
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Germany signing a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
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Great Britain and France agreeing to Hitler’s demand for part of Czechoslovakia
Pregunta 9
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The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights were significant influences on United States constitutional development because they
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provided suffrage for all men and women
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placed limits on the powers of the government
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called for the abolition of slavery
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supported the development of federalism
Pregunta 10
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One result of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803) was that the United States
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acquired California from Spain
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gained control of the port of New Orleans
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ended border conflicts with British Canada
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annexed Florida
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