In 1996, Congress passed and President Clinton signed what act, which defines marriage, for the purpose of federal law, as between a man and a woman and declares that states do not have to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states? 

While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency, Herbert Hoover tried to get the president-elect to cooperate on long-term solutions to the Depression because

a. he and Roosevelt had similar ideas on programs to combat the hard times. b. the Hawley-Smoot Tariff was up for immediate renewal. c. he hoped to bind his successor to an anti-inflationary policy that would make much of the New Deal impossible. d. he wanted to show how willing he was to cooperate with the political opposition. e. he hoped to avoid historical blame for failing to address the Depression.

What was the most controversial deprivation of civil liberties in the United States during wartime?

a. Suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War b. Sedition Act of 1918 c. Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II d. Espionage Act of 1917 e. Selective Service