The correct answer is: power of the president to keep communications confidential
Executive Privilege refers to the Executive's ability to keep some information private for the public good.
They were slave states that could've joined the Confederacy.
The correct answer is B.
The USS Maine battle ship was quietly riding anchor in Havana harbor, Cuba. At 9.40 pm on the night of February 15th, 1898, the ship was blown up apparently by a mine, in an explosion which tore out its bottom and sank, killing 260 officers and men on board.
No one ever established exactly what caused the explosion but it nevertheless resulted in the brief American - Spanish war because America strongly suspected the Spanish were the culprits.
1) Intolerable Acts prevented supplies being shipped to Boston.
Think the Tax on Tea leading to the Boston Tea Party where they threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Gain greater economic wealth from colonies.
