CLEP US History I

Answer: C - The Eleventh Amendment asserts that individuals cannot sue the state unless the state grants consent and was created to refute the Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia. The Supreme Court found that Chisholm was entitled to compensation; however, this decision was effectively overturned by the Eleventh Amendment's granting of immunity. Here, the court determined that signing the Constitution gave the states sovereign immunity, although this would be weakened in subsequent Supreme Court cases.