The Articles of Confederation did which of the following?
A. Provided for a bicameral legislature
B. Established a strong executive branch
C. Allowed the states to retain most of their power
D. Created a way to raise taxes to fund an army
E. Ended slavery
Answer: C
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a. 8 b. 15 c. 32 d. 41 e. 77
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a. home style b. constituent identification c. representative delegation d. partisan collaboration
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A. has increased sharply since 1990 B. grew sporadically and sharply from the 1870s until the New Deal period C. shrank sharply during both the World Wars D. shrank from the 1950s until the onset of the War on Terror