What was the effect of the Marshall Plan? Multiple Choice The United States lent money directly to European nations to help them rebuild their economies. Member countries of the International Monetary Fund were free to engage in competitive currency devaluations. The World Bank lent funds to reconstruct the war-torn economies of Europe. The United States lent money to third-world nations to support their public-sector projects. The World Bank lent money to the International Monetary Fund so that it could finance deficit-laden countries.

Which 19th century technological advancement would best allow farmers along the mississippi river in iowa to quickly transport their crops to buyers in louisiana?

Two of these describe "federalism." (choose two answers) select one or more: a. the national government absolutely controls all state governments. b. power is shared by the national and state governments. c. state governments exercise absolute power over the national government. d. it is a compromise meant to eliminate the disadvantages of a "unitary" and a "confederate" system.

The tower commission, appointed by president reagan in 1987 to investigate how the iran-contra affair had happened, concluded that most of the blame lay with a. president reagan himself, for careless management of his subordinates b. congress, for poorly drawn legislation that failed to define carefully the role of the president's national security council c. the american people, for failing to pay attention to the conduct of international affairs d. the federal courts, for having allowed excessive power to flow to the executive branch