Under the "checks and balances" system of the Constitution of 1787, federal judges
A. were appointed by Congress
B. served for life
C. were elected by state legislatures
D. couldn't revers state court rulings
E. served at the pleasure of the executive
Answer: B. served for life
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AP US History Chapter 6
- The Judiciary Act of 1801
- Who described the election of 1800 as the "Revolution of 1800?"
- The presidential campaign in 1800
- In the late 1790s, on the political scene,
- In the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, it was asserted that
- The Alen and Sedition Acts (1798)
- The "XYZ" Affair
- The election of 1796 saw
- Pinckney's Treaty (1795) gave the United States
- Pinckney's Treaty (1795) was negotiated between the United States and
- Jay's Treaty (1794)
- In reference to Indians living in the U.S., the Constitution
- The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 saw
- In America, the French Revolution was generally praised by
- During the 1790s, regional support in the United States for Federalists was greatest in the
- The 2 preeminent Republicans of the 1790s were
- The emergence of an alternative political organization to the Federalists was prompted by a
- In the Constitution, political parties were
- The most sustained opposition to Alexander Hamilton's economic program came from
- Opponents of Alexander Hamilton's proposed national bank argued
- Alexander Hamilton's plan for the federal government to assume state debts was passed by Congress after a deal was made to
- Alexander Hamilton recommended that the federal government raise revenue through
- Unde Alexander Hamilton's plan, a new national bank would
- Alexander Hamilton's funding plan
- As Treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton