On the Question of Whether American Laws Applied to the Overseas

question 21

Multiple Choice

On the question of whether American laws applied to the overseas territory acquired in the Spanish-American War,the Supreme Court ruled in the Insular Cases that

• A) the American Constitution and laws did not apply to U.S. colonies.
• B) the president could determine which U.S. laws applied in U.S. colonies.
• C) federal but not state laws applied.
• D) only tariff laws could be forced.
• E) only the Bill of Rights applied.

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Definitions:

Transduction

The process by which sensory stimuli are converted into electrical signals in the nervous system.

Heterotrophic

An organism that obtains its energy and carbon by consuming other organisms, unable to produce its own food.

Autotrophic

Organisms capable of synthesizing their own food from inorganic substances using light or chemical energy.

Parasitic

Pertaining to organisms that live on or in a host organism and cause harm to their host.