Answer:
Correct answer is b. he led the Texan forces to an overwhelming victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Explanation:
A is not correct as colonies here were a long time before 19th Century when Houston was living.
B is correct as in one of the shortest, but also the most important battle he destroyed the army of Santa Ana.
C is not correct as he did not participate in this battle. Travis and Crockett were leading their man in that battle.
D is not correct as the Committee of five wrote it. Houston was not in this committee.
In 1985, reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev came to power as General Secretary of the Soviet Union. He introduced reforms along liberal lines. The two reforms most commonly associated with him are glasnost and perestroika. Glasnost means 'openness' and refers to government transparency and increased freedom of expression.
Perestroika refers to a series of political and economic reforms meant to kickstart the stagnant 1980s economy of the Soviet Union. Its architect, President Mikhail Gorbachev, would oversee the most fundamental changes to his nation's economic engine and political structure since the Russian Revolution.
<span>The option that best explains how the Senate affects the powers of the President is that the Senate must approve many presidential actions. Whereas a president rules a country to some extent, the true ruler is the Senate, which sometimes has more powers than the President himself. They are the ones who must decide whether or not to agree with some decisions that the president makes, and whether or not to approve them.</span>
