Which of the Following Statements Is True About the Sovereign

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about the sovereign acts doctrine?

• A) It allows one Congress to bind a later Congress.
• B) It does not allow the government to pass laws that discharge its preexisting contractual obligations.
• C) It allows Congress to pass legislation deliberately targeting its existing contractual obligations.
• D) It protects the government in a subsequent suit for breach of contract if a new law of general application indirectly affects a government contract.

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Definitions:

Presidential Election of 1876

A highly contested election where Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner over Samuel J. Tilden after a compromise that effectively ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South.

Reconstruction

The period following the Civil War in the United States, focused on rebuilding the country and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.

Democratic Presidents

Leaders of the United States who are members of the Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties in the country.

Enslaved Americans

People forced into servitude without freedom, predominantly Africans and African Americans, in the United States prior to the abolition of slavery.