A primary example of a primary source, ironic wording there.
Would be first hand accounts, documents, journals, text, anything from the era or timeframe where the subject is from.
Ex: Revolutionary War
Primary Source: George Washington's speeches
The problem of how much power the federal government should have has been a problem in history for ages. This can be seen after the Revolutionary War with the Articles of Confederation. Many people were scared of the federal government obtaining power after the Revolutionary War, as a lot of people did not want to have what happened with Great Britain happen again.
Amendment X, or the Tenth Amendment, states that the "<em>powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people</em>."
This statement limits the power of the federal government by granting all powers that are not already granted to the government to the citizens or the people. The federal government does not have all of the power to do everything and the power to do certain things are with the states and the people. This can be seen with local taxes, certain licenses, elections, and other things.
Answer:
The correct answer is C: Creating allies in newly formed nations
Explanation:
As the nationalist forces gradually broke up the Ottoman Empire, new independent nations were created. Newly formed nations close the capital, such as Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Armenia etc were predominantly Christian and had already received a lot of support from Western European powers.
They immediately became allies to regional powers of Britain and France.
Apart from these, many far flung holdings of the Ottomans including Libya, Saudi Arabia etc were Muslims but became close allies to the Europeans, in an effort to curtail the influence of the Turks.
When the Monroe Doctrine was written, the US had just formed and was not ready to fight the European powers. Monroe basically asked Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere because they were afraid of getting attacked.
The creator, James Monroe, was interested in keeping the United States out of a war it was not prepared for. Though it was out of fear, there was some thinking through; people voted on it, after all.
Note that by "afraid of getting attacked," I not only mean getting attacked through soldiers and cannons but also by taking over nearby areas and competing with the US for natural resources.
