The correct answer is B) The power to ratify changes to the Constitution.
The federal government is given the ability to tax citizens multiple times. This includes Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution and the 16th amendment (which establishes the federal income tax).
The power to regulate interstate commerce is also in Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution. This was further reinforced by the Supreme Court case Gibbons vs. Ogden.
The US Constitution also explicitly gives the right to sign treaties to the federal government.
This is why B can be the only correct answer.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
You forgot to include the options for this question. However, we can say the following.
The phrase from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution rejects that idea is "Establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defense."
When the founding fathers and framers of the United States Constitution met during the Constitutional Convention in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1787, they debated so much to agree on the new kind of government for the new nation. In the Preamble, the framers clearly stated that the government had to defend the country against any foreign aggression.
That is why, in the Executive branch, the United States President in the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces: Navy, Army, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard.
Answer:
1. Communist countries of Eastern Europe that were
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