<span>D. To support anti-communist rebel groups
The United States wanted to keep the communism from spreading to the other areas of the world. It supported the Contra rebels in Nicaragua because of its goal to fight against a regime that was influenced by the communists such as the Sandinistas.<span>
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Adam Smith is considered to be the key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, economist, philosopher and author, the pioneer of political econony, laid the foundations of the free market economic theory, also known as the "Father of Economy". One of his most famous works is "Wealth of Nations". The key ideas of this work are the economic free market program, where everyone has the opportunity based on the division of labor, the achievement of wealth and prosperity growth. Also, the key ideas were to minimize the role of government intervention and taxation on free markets, as well as the idea of an invisible hand that leads supply and demand. It can be said that Smith laid the foundations of a modern economy.
The answer is: C.
The correct answer is <em>A). Setting up schools systems</em>.
States have the faculty to set up school systems. On the other hand, States are not able to coin money or regulate commerce. These activities are under the jurisdiction of the federal government. And with respect to declaring war, it is a competence of federal government.
But states can focus its educational efforts to improve the school systems and grant opportunities for a better education.
The statements referred by the question are:
a) It convinced the United States to dismantle its nuclear weapons.
b) It proved that a naval blockade was not an act of war.
c) It showed Cuba that communism should be stopped.
d) It brought the world dangerously close to nuclear war.
The correct statement is D. Historians agree the Missile Crisis was the closest the world got to have a nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR. Nothing before or after this came as close to be direct aggression from one of these countries against the other.
Statements A and C never happened: the U.S. has nuclear weapons until today, and Cuba didn't give up on communism.
Statement B doesn't fit the facts around the Missile Crisis. The naval blockade didn't lead to war only because the U.S. was defensive.
