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Council of Economic Advisers - Answer A three-member body appointed by the
president to advise the president on economic policy.
War Powers Clause - Answer Vests in the Congress the exclusive power to declare
war,
Emancipation Proclamation - Answer issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22,
1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
Declaration of Independence - Answer We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights,[72] that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
This document was
adopted on July 4, 1776. It
established the 13 American colonies as independent states, free from rule by Great
Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote the
majority of this document.
Mayflower compact - Answer This document was drafted in 1620 prior to settlement by
the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41 males who
signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best
interest of all members of the colony. This agreement set the precedent for later
documents outlining commonwealth rule.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title I - Answer This act made racial, religious, and sex
discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all
laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.
Monroe Doctrine - Answer President James Monroe's statement forbidding further
colonization in the Americas and declaring that any attempt by a foreign country to
colonize would be considered an act of hostility.
Europe should not interfere with US affairs.
War Power Resolution - Answer an act designed to place limits on how long a war can
go on.
Brown v Board of Education - Answer 1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v.
Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered
all public schools desegregated.
Marbury v Madison - Answer The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and
his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of
the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over
acts of Congress, (the Judiciary Act of 1789).
Council of Economic Advisers - Answer A three-member body appointed by the
president to advise the president on economic policy.
War Powers Clause - Answer Vests in the Congress the exclusive power to declare
war,
Emancipation Proclamation - Answer issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22,
1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
Declaration of Independence - Answer We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights,[72] that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
This document was
adopted on July 4, 1776. It
established the 13 American colonies as independent states, free from rule by Great
Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote the
majority of this document.
Mayflower compact - Answer This document was drafted in 1620 prior to settlement by
the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41 males who
signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best
interest of all members of the colony. This agreement set the precedent for later
documents outlining commonwealth rule.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title I - Answer This act made racial, religious, and sex
discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all
laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.
Monroe Doctrine - Answer President James Monroe's statement forbidding further
colonization in the Americas and declaring that any attempt by a foreign country to
colonize would be considered an act of hostility.
Europe should not interfere with US affairs.
War Power Resolution - Answer an act designed to place limits on how long a war can
go on.
Brown v Board of Education - Answer 1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v.
Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered
all public schools desegregated.
Marbury v Madison - Answer The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and
his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of
the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over
acts of Congress, (the Judiciary Act of 1789).
