Erie doctrine Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the tariff of 1816? Protected tariff designed to aid new american industries In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court did what? *end legitiment means not prohibited law constitutional In the convention of 1818, the US and Grt Britain agreed to? *10 year joint occupation of Oregon The issuance of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 was prompted by? Fear of France/ Latin America/**Spanish Rule What were the provisions of the Missouri Compromise? Was a slave stat...

Noah Webster, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and James Fenimore Cooper were all significant as - Answer-contributors to a more distinctly American literature. All of the following reflect the views of Americans expressed by Alexis de Tocqueville and other early nineteenth century European visitors EXCEPT - Answer-Americans exhibited a strong sense of social deference. Besides mass production through the use of interchangeable parts, Eli Whitney also influenced American history by his invention of the ...

Civil Procedure I — Final Exam Subject Matter Jurisdiction - ANS The power of a court to hear a particular type of case. Federal courts are of limited jurisdiction; they do not have broad SMJ like state courts do. Concurrent Jurisdiction - ANS The state courts can hear the majority of claims that can be heard in federal courts. What do you need to have SMJ in a Federal Court? - ANS Constitutional and Statutory Authority Majority are brought under Federal Qu...

Civil Procedure: Jurisdiction & Venue - Can a litigant raise personal jurisdiction challenges in an amended answer? - Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(h) permits litigants to raise personal-jurisdiction challenges for the first time in an answer that is amended as a matter of course under Rule 15(a)(1). Civil Procedure: Law Applied by Federal Courts - Erie Doctrine (Diversity Jurisdiction) - Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), the court is to apply whatever law would be applied by...

APUSH Period 4 Review | questions and answers Louisiana Purchase - 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US. Lewis and Clark Expedition - Jefferson sent them out to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory; the explored as far west as the Pacific Ocean (guide Sacagewa) Marbury v. Madison - This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review Judicial Review - Allows the court to determine the constitut...

Natural Law - ANSWER-Philosophy which emphasizes the individual's right to make personal choices as long as those choices do not interfere with another's right to make personal choices. Legal Positivism - ANSWER-Philosophy which emphasizes the institutional rule of law and which distinguishes law from morality. "Hard cases make bad law." Sociological jurisprudence - ANSWER-Philosophy which promotes society's values as the measuring stick for right and wrong; it evaluates a legal rule ...

John Deere - ANSWER-invented the steel plow Elias Howe - ANSWER-invented a much-improved sewing machine Oliver Hazard Perry - ANSWER-won the Battle of Lake Erie Nicholas Biddle - ANSWER-served as director of the National Bank Cyrus McCormick - ANSWER-invented the reaper Cyrus Field - ANSWER-invested in laying the transatlantic cable Francis Cabot Lowell - ANSWER-improved the power loom Anthony Wayne - ANSWER-won the Battle of Fallen Timbers William Henry Harrison - ANSWER...

Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by - ANSWER-common Linguistic roots. The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - ANSWER-With migrations across an ancient land bridge over the bearing strait Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurred approximately - ANSWER-11,000 Years ago Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? - ANSWER-St. Louis The pre...

Christopher Columbus - Answer- Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent Why did English settles colonize America - Answer- 1- to make money. 2- to set up religious freedom. 3- to govern themselves. 4- because their landlords evicted them. 5- they were unemployed. Why did the Spaniards fund Columbus? - Answer- Loot, land and labor, spread of Catholic faith, lots of people doing nothing-put them to ...

B - ANSWER-1. John Winthrop told the Puritans that their society would be regarded as "a city upon a hill." But first he explained that there would always be inequalities of wealth and power, that some people would always be in positions of authority, and that others would be dependent. His statements best illustrate the Puritans' (A) reaction to unsuccessful socialist experiments in the Netherlands (B) acceptance of the traditional belief that social order depended on a system of ranks (C) i...