Explain the Tenth Amendment and the Reservation Clause

question 35

Essay

Explain the Tenth Amendment and the reservation clause.

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Definitions:

Railroad Companies

Businesses that operate trains for transporting goods and passengers on tracks.

Fifteenth Amendment

An amendment to the US Constitution ratified in 1870, guaranteeing voting rights regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Right to Vote

The entitlement of citizens in a democracy to participate in elections to choose their representatives, considered a fundamental political right.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The 1848 agreement that ended the Mexican-American War and resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories from Mexico, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.