Which of these excerpts from the US Constitution best reflects the principle of checks and balances? a. "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States...shall be the supreme Law of the Land."
b. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States...are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
c. "Every Bill which shall have passed [Congress] shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the United States."
d. "The [listing] in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be [interpreted] to deny...others retained by the people."

Unit 3 big question: why did north american colonists work against british rule? what kind of government did they create after they had gained independence? section 1: short-answer questions (30 points) the american colonies were divided into four geographic regions: northern, mid-atlantic, chesapeake, and southern. using a sentence or two, describe the major economy of each region. northern: mid-atlantic chesapeake: southern:

(100 points) project: progressive era research your topic and write at least seven hundred words to discuss one of the following topics. a. evaluate the impact of progressive era reforms. b. evaluate the impact of progressive reform leaders such as susan b. anthony or robert lafollette. c. evaluate the impact of third parties and their candidates such as h. ross perot and george wallace on america. note: as with any research you do, evaluate the validity of your source: a. who is the author? b. is the author an authority on the subject? c. how does the author use language? d. what sources appear in the author's work? e. from what you know or have learned about the author, is the presentation inappropriately biased?

Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. i have committed to crossing my legs i hope carefully, ankle on knee, hands together in the lap of my slacks. my fingers are mated into a mirrored series of what manifests, to me, as the letter x. the interview room’s other personnel include: the university’s director of composition, its varsity tennis coach, and academy prorector mr. a. delint. c. t. is beside me; the others sit, stand and stand, respectively, at the periphery of my focus. the tennis coach jingles pocket-change. based on this excerpt, which detail is implicit? a.  more chairs are needed to make seating available for all attendees. b.  hal is sitting in a chair with his ankle on his knee. c.  the director of composition is involved in the interview process. d.  the tennis coach has money in his front pocket.