Question: Which idea guided the development of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer: A strong central government would threaten the rights of the people.

Question: What was a significant effect of Supreme Court decisions under Chief Justice John Marshall (1801-1835)?

Answer: The powers of the federal government were increased.

Question: Which action was a major foreign policy achievement of President Jimmy Carter?

Answer: mediating the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel

Question: The policy of assimilating Native American Indians under the Dawes Act (1887) was reversed by 20th-century legislation that

Answer: gave Native American Indians greater control over their own reservations