The significance of the attack on the USS Cole in 2000 was that it changed the rules of engagement for US ships, which can now fire upon approaching vessels without captain approval.
<span>A: The name of the law in which the government gave a 160-acre farm to anyone willing to work on and improve the land was the Homestead Act. </span>
<span>A major criticism directed against the articles of confederation was that power was allocated primarily to "the states" as opposed to the central government, which made the US very weak--both socially and economically. </span>
Signing or vetoing laws proposed by congress
