Cities developed professional firefighting and police forces.
Our first attempt at government was founded on the document known as the Articles of Confederation, but it failed.
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Articles of Confederation, the first document which was attempted to be as a constitution to the thirteen colonies. This was an attempt to unite those 13 colonies. This was replaced by the constitution because the thirteen colonies were functioned autonomously but they couldn't integrate them.
Because the thirteen colonies feared coming under the central government, due to which taxes and trade policies couldn't be imposed on them. The articles also restricted the Congress to facilitate a common judicial system for the thirteen colonies too.
The statements referred by the question are:
a) It convinced the United States to dismantle its nuclear weapons.
b) It proved that a naval blockade was not an act of war.
c) It showed Cuba that communism should be stopped.
d) It brought the world dangerously close to nuclear war.
The correct statement is D. Historians agree the Missile Crisis was the closest the world got to have a nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR. Nothing before or after this came as close to be direct aggression from one of these countries against the other.
Statements A and C never happened: the U.S. has nuclear weapons until today, and Cuba didn't give up on communism.
Statement B doesn't fit the facts around the Missile Crisis. The naval blockade didn't lead to war only because the U.S. was defensive.
Answer:
B. Iraq War, Conflict between Iraq and Iran
Impressment refers to when members of the British navy kidnapped American soldiers and forced them to work for the British military. This was one of the most significant causes of the War of 1812. At the end of the war, soldiers who were kidnapped and property that was stolen was given back to their respective country.