1. Delegated (sometimes called enumerated or expressed) powers are specifically granted to the federal government in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. This includes the power to coin money, to regulate commerce, to declare war, to raise and maintain armed forces, and to establish a Post Office.
He sent General Zachary Taylor to claim an area of disputed land for the United States and this step of President Polk resulted in the war between the United States and Mexico. The correct option among all the options given in the question is the last or the fourth option.
The main target behind making California a part of the
United States was the San Francisco Bay. Mexico did not like the way United
States was trying to acquire California as the Mexicans thought it to be a part
of their country.
One of the changes that prompted the decline of the Soviet Union was that food shortages were common and were also excesses in military spending. The food scarcity problem has become one of the major economic problems that took place in the Soviet Union wherein the country had to rely much on imports.
With the ever-growing industry in Western Europe and bigger and bigger production of manufactured goods, they needed a bigger market for selling the products, and also enable the industry to grow and make more profit. So he logical solution was to try and open up new markets on a global scale, and that was very advantageous in the sense of getting the raw materials from less developed countries, manufacture them, and them sell them all around the world and make much bigger profit.
Sec. of defense General "Mad Dog" Mattis!