The _________ was a governing document that failed because it did not provide an effective means for the government to raise money, it did not include an independent leader to direct the government, and it did not give the government the power to regulate commerce

What key issue led to the dissolution of the Whig Party?

a. federal taxation b. the Mexican-American War c. post–Civil War Reconstruction d. slavery

The federal government expanded its support for local education from 4.4 percent in 1960 to 9 percent in 1980

a. and continues to support about the same percentage. b. but dropped below 6 percent in 2002 due to the war in Iraq. c. but increased to about 10 percent today. d. but increased to 15 percent in 2006 due to a booming economy and a desire by the Congress to gain thesupport of teachers in their re-election campaigns.