CE 8B

Which words best complete this chart, showing the most supreme at the top?

c

d

a

b

United States Constitution

City Ordinance

Virginia Constitution

Virginia Law

The authority of the local governments in Virginia is derived from the ___.

• nation

• state

Virginia's local government's authority comes from powers given by the _______ and _______. (Choose the correct two answers.)

• Virginia Constitution

• United States Constitution

• Acts of the General Assembly

• Acts of Congress

Enforce State and Local Laws, Protect the Environement, Public Health and Safety. Educate Children, Regulate Land Use, Levy and Collect Taxes

• Powers of the Federal Government

• Powers of the State Government

• Powers of the Local Government

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated? (a)  

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• James K. Polk

Match the economic systems to its characteristics or meaning.

• Private sector, profit, and minimal gov.

• Traditional economy

• Centrally owned by the government

• Free Market

• Public and private sectors

• Command economy

• Customs, family, and historical basis

• Mixed economy

Match the following

• abolished slavery

• 15th Amendment

• Ended segregation in public schools

• 14th Amendment

• all persons born or naturalized in U.S. were entitled equal rights

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Allowed "separate but equal" facilities.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• gave people right to vote regardless of race

• 13th Amendment

Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Herman Sweatt

• first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB

• Little Rock Nine

• Black law student who challenged UT LAW

• Rosa Parks

• civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

• Freedom Riders

• Integration in Little Rock H.S.

• Jackie Robinson

How did Abraham Lincoln wanted to treat the South? (a)  

• harshly

• leniently

• severely

• rigorously

Which did the Federalists believe in and which did the Anti Federalists believe?

• Wanted to have a strong national republic

• Federalists

• Supported the Constitution

• Federalists

• Wanted small local governments

• Anti Federalists

• Were against approving the Constitution

• Anti Federalists