FSOT questions with correct answers

Council of Economic Advisers CORRECT ANSWER A three-member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy. War Powers Clause CORRECT ANSWER Vests in the Congress the exclusive power to declare war, Emancipation Proclamation CORRECT ANSWER issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free Declaration of Independence CORRECT ANSWER We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,[72] that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. This document was adopted on July 4, 1776. It established the 13 American colonies as independent states, free from rule by Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote the majority of this document. Mayflower compact CORRECT ANSWER This document was drafted in 1620 prior to settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41 males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best interest of all members of the colony. This agreement set the precedent for later documents outlining commonwealth rule.