"<span>A </span>dividend<span> is defined as a payment made by a corporation to its shareholders. Usually these payouts are made in cash (called “cash</span>dividends<span>”), but sometimes companies will also distribute </span>stock dividends<span>, whereby additional </span>stock<span> shares are distributed to shareholders." </span>
The answer is B.
The Articles of Confederation was extremely weak due to its lack of federal power, it gave most of the authority to the states. This is discussed in the passage as it talks about how the federal/national government had no authority to raise money, etc. Thus, the answer is B, as the answer says the national government had a lack of authority to control the debt crisis.
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The “Reconstruction Amendments” passed by Congress between 1865 and 1870 abolished slavery, gave black Americans equal protection under the law, and granted suffrage to black men. ... The system of sharecropping allowed blacks a considerable amount of freedom as compared to slavery.
True.............................
There were three principles created by Chief Justice John Marshall
1: the constitutional is the supreme law of the land
2: the court has the power to rule that a law is unconstitutional
3: in the event of a conflict between laws, the constitution MUST be followed.