The correct answer, according to the graphic is Spending relative to tax revenue drastically increased in 2009.
Indeed, tax revenue is the main source of income for a state. The fact the on the graphic both the Budget Deficit and the National Debt increased exponentially with regards to the previous year, clearly indicates that all the income collected through taxation was insufficient to cover all the expenses and operating costs of the federal government. This is a clear indicator of the serious economic crisis caused by the Great Recession as unemployment was skyrocketing (which means unemployed citizens were not making any money) and spending was at its lowest (since with no money they were unable to buy goods or services which did not yield any tax revenue).
The Department of War was one of the first executive branch departments in the u.s. government.
I'll answer as many as I can.
2. The principal or authority in which a state and it's government are created by the consent of the people by elected representatives.
3. 1 presidential term is 4 years. 1 term for the North Carolina governor is 4 years.
5. The president nominates the judges and the Senate has to approve the judges.
6. chief of state, chief executive, chief administrator, chief diplomat, commander in chief, chief legislator, party chief, and chief citizen.
7. House of representatives and the senate.
8. Executive, judicial, and legislative. Executive is the president and he can pass or veto laws. Judicial is judges and the courts and the make sure a law is constitutional. Legislative can make a bill a law if the president vetoes it. I suggest you watch the school house rock video about how a bill becomes a law. It explains the whole process.
