Which of the following is not characteristic of special districts? a. they have rights to buy and sell property. b. they are intergovernmental units created for specific purposes. c. they handle services or responsibilities that the state or local government could not fulfill. d. they are privately-owned companies that are paid by the government to provide specific services.

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865