Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had no power to make states enforce laws. Why was this a problem? The Congress cou
ld take over the state governments. The states could not work closely with Congress. It took away the importance of laws passed by Congress. It made the state governments unable to pass new laws.
I would say C. It took away the importance of laws passed by Congress.
Explanation:
Since under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had no power to make states enforce laws. They had no way to make the states obey as they made the Articles of Confederation very weak in order to make sure there was no "taxation without representation" again. Congress had no power to tax the states or regulate commerce. Basically if Congress tried to pass a law it meant pretty much nothing and the states wouldn't have to obey to it if they didn't want to, which means it took away the importance from the laws they passed.
After the war ended global economy began to decline. Economies of North America, United Kingdom and especially Germany faced recession after the war and eventually went into depression in late 1920s and early 1930s.
I believe some things that the U.S. had that made it ripe for rapid industrialization was the resources. The United States had fertile land, ocean access, rich mineral resources, forests, railroads.
According to the excerpt, the purpose of the Act is to protect the environment by preventing pollution which will contribute to sustainable development.
Therefore, based on the excerpt, the main purpose of the law is to prevent pollution of the environment.
