MATCHING Match Each Description with the Item Below

question 55

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John C. Calhoun

• A)was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election
• B)led Pottawatomie Massacre
• C)elected president of the Confederate States of America
• D)died in July 1850
• E)caned Charles Sumner
• F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
• G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
• H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
• I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
• J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850

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Definitions:

Jury Trial

A legal proceeding where a group of people (the jury) are selected to examine the facts and determine the outcome of a case.

Misdemeanor

A type of criminal offense that is less serious than a felony and generally punishable by fines or short-term imprisonment.

Bribery

The act of giving or receiving something of value in exchange for some kind of influence or action in return, which is usually considered unethical or illegal.

Underage Drinking

The consumption of alcoholic beverages by individuals under the legal drinking age.