<em />In the House, the majority party does everything except select the minority party leader. The minority party is responsible for selecting their own party leader. The majority party appoints committee chairpersons and members, decides on the size of the committees as well as sets the agenda for major legislation. If the majority party does not think a piece of legislation is important, it will not go before the house to be debated and voted on. The majority party is incredibly powerful and is virtually able to control the House.
This question is a nightmare. The right answer isn't really there. A short answer would be that New England didn't want a second war with Great Britain. There was a real gaffuffle about pressing American seaman into British Navy vessels that cause Jefferson to impose an embargo. All of this centered about the war of 1812.
The choice is between A and B. I would pick A, but I can't eliminate B.
C and D are not really amongst the reasons, particularly C.
The correct answer to number 1 is A) the start of the Cold War.
The start of the Cold War was a result of increased political, economic, and military tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. These tensions were caused by the difference in economic and political systems of the two countries, with the US disliking the system of communism used by the Soviet Union. This is when the fear of communism, aka the second Red Scare, really started to grow in the United States.
The correct answer to number 2 is C) government and security.
One of McCarthy's most famous speeches was given in West Virginia in the early 1950's in which he claimed, through his research, that he had found 207 members of the State Department were communism. This research was said to have been conducted during the 1940's.
The correct answer to number A) A wave of isolationist sentiment.
After both World Wars, Americans were focused on having their life return to normal since millions of men were now home and looking to start families.
Russia; Russia was the only country that didn't hold territories in Africa
The Compromise of 1850 reflected in the map as It ensured that the number of free and slave states was equal.
Option: C.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Reynolds W.C. along with Jones J.C. sketched a U.S. map to display the area of the slave and free states. That map also included the territory which was open to freedom or slavery after repealing the Missouri Compromise.
Missouri Compromise was signed to retain a balance among the number of free states and slave states in the Union. Thus it admitted Missouri to join as the slave state, meantime Maine joined as the free state. Hence by preserving the equivalence between numbers of slave and free states.
