The Articles of Confederation did NOT give the national government power to __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Tax
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In Aristotle's world view, what was the quintessence?
A) the mysterious fifth element that lay in the region above the moon B) the special power that planets like Venus had over humans C) the divine force that kept celestial bodies in motion D) the individual purpose that directed objects to move in certain ways E) the workings of unmerited divine grace in the physical world
During World War I, the War Industries Board (WIB)
A. coordinated government purchases of military supplies. B. was plagued by mismanagement and inefficiencies under Bernard Baruch. C. saw itself as an adversary of individual businesses. D. was seen as a model for rational organization when led by Herbert Hoover. E. All these answers are correct.
Beginning in the 1990s and on the basis of the study of terra preta, scholars proposed that indigenous peoples in the Amazonian rainforests:
a. Had employed slash and burn techniques, reducing trees to nutrient-poor ash. b. Had experienced a devastating drought that caused them to relocate en masse. c. Had employed slash and char techniques, reducing trees to nutrient-rich charcoal. d. Had experienced a devastating flood that caused them to relocate en masse.
A central tenet of Reagan's approach to foreign policy at the beginning of his presidency was the belief that __________
A) the Palestine Liberation Organization represented a serious threat to the United States B) trading arms for hostages was an effective way to negotiate quietly with terrorists C) the Middle East needed U.S. intervention to achieve freedom D) the Soviet Union was a deadly enemy that threatened the United States E) Israel could not be trusted to keep its word