C.L Exam 161-180 Flashcards
- What happened in 1980?
It required all men reaching their 18th birthday register for the draft.
- What did this oversee?
The drafting and induction of men into the armed forces.
- How many people chosen for jury?
12 people.
- What is their job?
Deciding whether a person accused of a crime is guilty or innocent.
- This is a lawsuit that did what?
Made its way into the United States Supreme Court.
- Who was it brought by?
The brown family against Topeka, Kansas board of education.
- What is Secretary of State head of?
The department of state of the United States.
- What is the Secretary of State.
Highest ranking executive officer after the president of the united stats and is responsible for maintaining and developing foreign policy and foreign affairs.
- Where does this boy live?
Never land.
- Who plays him?
James Matthew Barrie
- An author of the what?
19th century
- What are some of his poems?
The raven, the bells
- Who was this written by?
Alex Hadley
- What did this win?
The Pulitzer Prize.
- Who wrote this?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Who was it about?
A women (Hester prynne) of the 19th century
- What was he born into?
A New England family
- What did they participate in?
The Salem witch trials
- Important battle of what?
The civil war
- What did they defeat?
The northern army
- A skilled what?
Frontier trapper
- Helped open what?
The California territory
- What was he?
A soldier and political leader.
- Why was he removed from office?
Because he was a minority