C.L. Test 161-180 Flashcards
(39 cards)
When was the selective service system around? 161
140 through 1973
What’s the SSS do? 161
Oversees the induction of military people
How many people are in a jury? 162
12
How many people are in a grand jury? 162
13-23
What family brought a case to Supreme Court? 163
The brown family
Who was the case against? 163
Topeka Kansas board of education
What’s th Secretary of State do? 164
Head of the department of state
What is the 2nd highest authority in the USA? 164
The Secretary of State
What was Peter Pan? 165
A Scottish play
Who wrote Peter Pan? 165
An American author of the 19th century
What tragic thing happened in Edgar Allen poes past? 166
He was orphaned
What was ROOTS? 167
A poem
Who wrote ROOTS? 167
Alex Haley
Who wrote the scarlet letter? 168
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Wo was scarlet letters about? 168
Hester prynne
Who was Nathaniel Hawthorne? 169
American novelist and short story writer
What did Nathaniel hawthorns family participate in? 169
The Salem witch trials and the Quaker prosecutions
What war was the Battle of Chancellorsville include in? 170
The civil war
Who won the civil war? 170
The southern army
What was one of kit Carson’s jobs? 171
A frontier trapper
What was another one of kit Carson’s jobs? 171
He was a guide of the 19th century
Who was Sam Houston? 172
A soldier and political leader
What’d Sam Houston do? 172
He led the texans to independence from mexico
Was jean lafitte real?173
Yes
