Continuing with #24…..I finally have the trial (and I really did steal the cheese). However, there is not enough evidence to convict me and I am freed. Three weeks later, the store owner realizes that he has a security videotape that clearly shows me stealing the cheese. Will I be retried, given that there is now new evidence against me? What amendment answers this?

Who were the sons of liberty? a. colonists who wanted a monopoly on the british tea trade. b. colonial anti-british protestors c. colonists who wanted seats in the british parliament. d. colonists who wanted to block all colonial trade with britain. !

How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slave labor in the united states? a. there was a forced migration of slaves from the south to the north. b. slave-owning cotton planters were gradually forced to sell their plantations. c. more slaves were purchased to work on cotton plantations in the south. d. the reduced need for labor on cotton plantations led to a decline in slavery. e. slaves were moved from cotton plantations to sugar plantations.

How well does america today live up to the ideals of the declaration of independence?