Congress would find it difficult to go to war against another country, because there was no national army or navy to begin with. As well, it did not have the power to enforce laws or tax, so it wouldn't have been able to raise money for a war either.
1. People in the USSR lacked the freedom of political expression that the people of the United States possessed because of government censorship.
2. While the USSR did allow individuals to possess private property, they were limited and could not own real estate like the people of the United States.
3. People in the USSR did not have freedom of religion and the government heavily imposed Marxist–Leninist atheism on its people.
They were awarded based on the spoils system
The spoils system was the idea that the victor takes the spoils of war, that is, the person who won the presidency can fire all employees that don't support him and put his own people into positions of power in federal agencies and organizations. After that, the merit system was introduced that ended this corrupt practice.