It was the Department of Energy that Jimmy Carter established. This was mostly due to the fact that he was one of the first presidents concerned with energy conservation in the US. <span />
The answer is:
1. It increases competition.
The correct answer is B) Native Americans could not trade effectively because they lacked economic leaders.
<em>The disadvantage that native Americans experienced in their trading with Europeans was that Native Americans could not trade effectively because they lacked economic leaders. </em>
European people had many years of experience trading with some other nations. For instance, with Asian and African territories when they expanded their dominions in those regions. So they had experience in negotiating good trades. That was not the case of Native American tribes that had a completely different system of trade with other Native American tribes. There were not experienced leaders in trading with European people and that represented a disadvantaged in negotiations.