They took over and improved the city of Timbuktu
President Truman used the atomic bomb because he longed to see the war end as soon as possible
I'm pretty sure its the 'Warsaw Pact'
The Articles of Confederation failed because they did not give Congress and the national government enough power. The new U.S just fought a war to end what they considered arbitrary rules of a strong government that controlled the local government and the leaders of the U.S. They did not give the Central government the power it needed to rule effectively.
It did not give the Congress the power to tax, to draft troops, to place tariffs on foreign goods, to control interstate commerce or stop states from printing their own money, and the list can go on.