Fong Yue Ting v. United States Majority Opinion Vocab

To allege something is to ...

• deny

• refute

• claim

• disprove

A collector of internal revenue is someone who ...

• is an official who takes fees from people

• is an official who collects pensions

• is an official who audits accounts

• is an official who enforces regulations

If you are a credible person that means you are what?

• Dependable

• trustworthy

• Reliable

• Honest

In historical documents from the 1800s we see people of Chinese descent called a Chinaman, which is a term that would now be considered _______.

• outdated

• respectful

• appropriate

• offensive

In the following excerpt, "he was unable to procure a certificate of residence by reason of the unavoidable cause aforesaid;" the word aforesaid means...

• mentioned later

• mentioned immediately

• not mentioned

• mentioned earlier

In the following excerpt, "the judge ordered the petitioner to be remanded to the custody of the marshal," the word remanded means...

• to be released

• to be handed over to

• to be sentenced

• to be acquitted

If you are deported from a country that means you are ...

• forced to leave the country

• granted permission to stay

• given a new passport

• welcomed to stay indefinitely

In the following excerpt, "those laborers are not citizens of the Untied States, they are aliens," the word aliens means...

• people from outer space

• people with special powers

• people from other countries

• people from another state

In the following excerpt, "The United States ... can exclude aliens from its territory, is a proposition which we do not think open to controversy," the word proposition means ....

• opinion

• fact

• idea

• argument; claim

In the following excerpt, "Jurisdiction over its own territory to that extent is an incident of every independent nation," the word incident means....

• liability

• responsibility

• privilege

• obligation