Base your answers to questions 4 – 6 on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.   Which two areas of the map made up the borders of the United States in 1803 following the Louisiana Purchase? 

Base your answer to question 14 on the quotation below and your knowledge of social studies.   We wish to remain on the land of our fathers…we see nothing but ruin before us. The country west of the Arkansas territory is unknown to us. From what we can learn of it, we have no idea. All the inviting parts of it, as we believe, are preoccupied by various Indian nations…They would regard us as intruders, and look upon us with an evil eye… All our neighbors, in case of our removal, though crowded into our near vicinity, would speak a language totally different from ours, and practice different customs…Were the country to which we are urged much better than it is represented to be and were it free from the objections which we have made to it, still it is not the land of our birth, nor of our affections. It contains neither the scenes of our childhood, nor the graves of our fathers. An address by a council of Cherokee people to the people of the United States (1830) A historian studying the excerpt above would find it most useful in understanding

According to Justice Kagan, who gets to speak first at conference?

According to Justice Breyer (who is now retired), about 8,000 cases are appealed to the Supreme Court each year.  About how many are actually accepted for review?

In order for a case to be granted review by the Supreme Court, all 9 justices must agree to accept the case.

The doctrine of “stare decisis” is important because it means the Constitution will be interpreted differently by each new generation, thus keeping it a “living document”.

Leading up to and during the War of 1812, western settlers and politicians believed war with Britain might enable:

Intoxicated but still capable of comprehending the consequences of her actions, Cricket signs a contract to sell her phone app design to Downloads, Inc. This contract is

Chicken & Egg Farms promises to pay Dex $500 to install a sump pump in its warehouse. Dex completes the installation. The act of installing the pump

A promise to do what one already has a legal duty to do cannot constitute legally sufficient consideration. (If Taylor Swift has a contract with a concert promoter to perform a concert for $3,000,000, she cannot demand an additional $1,000,000 right before she goes on stage)