B) I am just guessing, but after Jimmy Carter's administration we started making smaller cars, but it was still an issue. Since the "Star Wars" program was used as a ploy to end communism, defense spending actually went down. Republicans do not like welfare. The only other issues, republicans had was taxes. However, interest rates were at the highest during the Regan years.
United States - wanted to establish lasting peace in Europe
Germany - wanted a treaty based on the armistice it had signed
Italy - wanted territories near the Adriatic that Britain had earlier promised
France - wanted to punish and weaken Germany
The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
According to Oyez, "The Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to assistance of counsel applies to criminal defendants in state court by way of the Fourteenth Amendment."
So, this is a major victory as it protects criminal defendants in a whole new court of law.