The union of American states under the Articles of Confederation was a
A) centralized system in which the national government held the most power, but the states had control over purely local matters.
B) federal system almost exactly like the later union under the Constitution.
C) league of friendship, in which the states were sovereign and the national government had only weak delegated powers.
D) centralized system with power vested solely in the national government.
C
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Founded in 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission could initially best be described as
A) dominant and powerful. B) unsubstantial and ineffectual. C) lacking a mandate and confused. D) focused and determined. E) corrupt and scandal-ridden.
As part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, poor people were required to play a leading part in designing and implementing local policies.
a. true b. false
Northerners supported which of the following?
A) public education and temperance laws. B) the rights of free labor. C) policies favoring industrial growth. D) all of the above
Marcus Garvey believed that black people would not be respected until an independent black nation rose to protect them
A) True B) False