Probably <span>d.they wanted to protect their political and economic interests
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The action by the state of Maryland which led to McCulloch v. Maryland was that it attempted to stop a branch of the Second Bank of the United States from bringing in notes that were not made in Maryland, as they were taxed if they were from out of state. This case led to the necessary and proper clause being used and is one of the most famous Supreme Court cases in the history of the United States.
Part 1.
<em>The alliance that promotes goals and protection of the United States is the NATO</em>. The purpose of the organisation is to 'safeguard the freedom...founded on the principles of democracy'. The spread of democracy in the world is one of the main goals of the United States in the world. 'To settle...any international dispute by peaceful means' and to 'seek and promote stability in the North Atlantic area' are means of U.S. protection of other nations in the world. NATO constitutes a system of collective defense in response to an attack by an external party.
<em>The alliance that promoted the goals and protection of the Soviet Union was the Warsaw Pact.</em> The goals of the Warsaw Pact were to' consult with one another... a threat of an armed attack on one or more of the Parties to the Treaty'. In an event of an attack, each member of the treaty should 'should come to the assistance of the state or states attacked'. The reason for the Soviet Union to sign the Pact was to fight together with other satellite nations the spread of capitalism. The Soviet Union also wanted to maintain control over military forces in Eastern and Central Europe.
Part B.
<em>The NATO </em>( North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ) is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North America and European countries. It was signed on April 4, 1949. The main goal of this organisation is mutual defense of each member state in the event of an attack by an enemy country. The purpose is also to 'safeguard the freedom' of other nations, to spread freedom ' founded on the principles of democracy' and to promote ' the stability and well being' in the world.
<em>The Warsaw Pact </em>was a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states. The treaty was signed in Warsaw in 1955 in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO. The purpose of the pact was to counterweight the NATO and to offer joint assistance to every member state in case of an foreign attack. The member countries should 'consult with one another on all important international issues', also consult 'the threat of an armed attack,' in order to 'ensure joint defense'.
The correct answer is: <u>Caucus.</u>
Caucus refers to a group of members of the same political party that gather together to make decisions for their party. There are many types of caucuses, one of the most important caucuses is the Presidential nominating caucus.
Presidential nominating caucuses at state level:
Members of each party gather together in local meetings to debate and choose who they prefer to be their party's presidential candidates. Participants speak on behalf of their candidate in order to convince others to join them, people can change from one candidate to another before the final count, the candidate that gets more supporters will receive more delegate votes from that state and then they are tabulated.
Even though everyone that is affiliated to a political party can participate in a caucus, there are fewer participants than in the primary because it is a longer process.
