What do the soviet union, USSR, and the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics all have in common?

What was the purpose for "checks and balances" in the government? it made possible a system of accountability. it would control the national bank. it would the states to work together to solve national problems.

4. any area in which one nation has power over another; i.e. - this happened to china when it was defeated by japan

Who was william johnson? a. a revolutionary war veteran b. was the most prominent free black in mississippi c. a field slave d. inventor of the cotton gin