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- The Soviet Union wanted to gain access to build bases on warm-water ports (ports that do not freeze over in the winter) for easy access to the ocean.
- The Soviet Union wanted to gain new territory for expansion of communism throughout the world.
- The Soviet Union desired to increase its influence by surrounding itself with satellite nations that could prove beneficial for military and economic gain.
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The Soviet Union had a lot of land mass that bordered the Arctic ocean and other areas in the Soviet Union were quite cold as well which led the Soviets to desire a warm water port that they could use to access the ocean more effectively.
The also wanted to spread communism around the world and so desired territory to do so.
Finally, the Soviet Union wanted to increase its influence so it surrounded itself with Satellite states such as those in the Warsaw Pact and Soviets in the Soviet Union.
The correct answer is D) it can declare presidential actions unconstitutional.
<em>The Judicial branch checks the powers of the executive branch in that it can declare presidential actions unconstitutional.
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In order to eliminate the possibility that one power had more faculties and could control the other two, the United States Constitution created a doctrine of System of Separation of Powers and a Check and Balance System. This way, the Constitution defines clearly the power of the Executive branch (the Presidency), the Legislative branch (the Congress), and the Judicial branch (the Supreme Court). In the case of the question, the Judicial branch checks the powers of the executive branch in that it can declare presidential actions unconstitutional.
Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) was a Spanish colonizer and conqueror, who leaded the conquest of the Mexican territories, that started in 1519 with the occupation of Veracruz. The tales about the sacking of the Mexican capital, Tenochtitlan, are still legendary nowadays.
After the takeover of Veracruz, Cortes gave the order of sinking his own ships (it was thought they were burnt, but nowadays that hypothesis is being questioned). Anyway, he destroyed his ships on purpouse to force his men to go forward and conquer the New World, both in the militar and spiritual (goal of spreading the Christian religion) dimensions.
- Agreement with his decision: of course it is an incredibly effective manner of ensuring that his men would be motivated to conquer the territory, mainly because they did not have an alternative choice. They had to become rulers there or be lost in the middle of unknown lands. It can be claimed how the ultimate goal justifies the means.
- Disagreement with the decision: it can be argued how unethical is that he prevented his men from deciding if they wanted to participate or not on the mission. He eliminated the choice.
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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
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