Select the correct answer. What was the purpose of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)? A. to prohibit states from allowing same-s3x marriages B. to allow states to refuse to ban same-s3x marriages C. to increase federal marriage recognition to opposite-s3x couples D. to provide spousal benefits to opposite-s3x couples

Which of the following statements about the fugitive slave act of 1850 is not accurate. a. marshals who refused to arrest a suspected fugitive could be fined $1,000. b. slave owners had to present evidence that an african american in the north was a fugitive slave. c. any person who provided food or shelter to a fugitive slave could be find $1000 and placed in jail for six months. d. it required all federal marshals to arrest any african-american suspected of being a runaway slave.