After __________ used chemical weapons in 2013 against its own citizens, France was prepared to join America in a military strike against its regime.

Efforts to address Brazil's fiscal problems include all of the following EXCEPT

a. increasing federal taxes. b. placing limits on government expenditures c. expanded efforts to improve tax revenues. d. simplifying the federal tax code. e. disallowing state governments to borrow from public banks.

In the case of Barron v. Baltimore (1833), a private citizen attempted to apply the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment as the basis for a state-level civil suit. The practical effect of this ruling against the private citizen

a. made the Bill of Rights virtually meaningless to the state governments. b. turned public opinion sharply against the national government. c. was a catalyst for commencement of the Civil War. d. clearly established the subordination of state governments to the Bill of Rights. e. established the right of states to control interstate commerce.