Under the Articles of Confederation
a. a unicameral Congress was to be the chief agency of national government.
b. there was no executive branch of national government.
c. each state remained essentially sovereign.
d. major legislation required a two-thirds vote to pass Congress.
e. a strong national judiciary was established.
a, b, c, d
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a) Truman Doctrine b) Marshall Plan c) Iron curtain d) Warsaw Pact
In formulating political goals and strategies, President Jackson surrounded himself with what came to be known as his
A) "Department Cabinet," which was a cabinet of secretaries who worked with the president to advance his policy goals and political ambitions within the existing departmental and bureaucratic structures. B) "Kitchen Cabinet," which were longtime friends and informal advisors who worked closely with the president to advance his policy goals and political ambitions, often bypassing the authority of appointed Cabinet secretaries and federal officials. C) "Tennessee Cabinet," which were longtime friends and political cronies from Tennessee who were mostly concerned with persuading Jackson to forcibly remove all Indians from Tennessee and Georgia. D) "Military Cabinet," which were longtime uniformed colleagues and formal advisors from the U.S. Army, who he relied on to develop Indian policy, foreign affairs, and military spending priorities.
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A) to struggle against German occupation of France B) to support the Vichy government's resistance to Germany C) to work toward a bond between Britain and France D) to develop a freely elected government in France E) to protect Jews and other victims of Germany's Final Solution