Answer: The Constitution improved greatly on the Articles of Confederation by creating an appropriately strong federal government, with provisions for protections of freedom.
Improved strengths of the federal government:
1. Creation of an executive branch of federal government, where the Articles just had a legislature.
2. Creation of a federal court system, with a Supreme Court that has final say (Articles of Confederation only allowed state courts)
3. Congress was divided into two bodies to allow for representation for both small and large states. Congress was granted powers to regulate interstate commerce, levy taxes, and print money.
Protections of freedom:
The Constitution includes the Bill of Rights. This outlines individual rights, and also reserves some rights to the states, so it protects from a tyrannical federal government.
World War I affected the worldview of many Americans in a negative manner, showing that America helped out tremendously in the last year of the war. But as a result of the creation of the League of Nations and Wilson's push towards United States involvement in world affairs, many felt that we as a country wanted to focus more on domestic issues and thus the United States was never involved in the League as the Senate failed to ratify the treaty. Athletes became popular during this time period as the media and people glorified them to an extent with the example of Babe Ruth especially, along with people like Charles Lindbergh becoming a American legend after flying solo nonstop from New York to Paris with his own aircraft "Spirit of St Louis". The media put them on a pedestal as a result.
Answer: D -Established that genocide was an international crime
In 1945, a series of 13 trials were conducted in Nuremberg, Germany between 1945-1949. 24 Nazis who were tried were all sentenced to death. The impact of this Nuremberg trial was that genocide was established as an international crime.
