1. what term refers to a system in which one branch of government is prevented from seizing too much power? a. limited government b. electoral college c. checks and balances d. popular sovereignty 2. what was one result of the war of 1812? a. the united states lost control of several islands in the atlantic. b. americans now feared future conflicts with european powers. c. americans gained large amounts of territory in what was formerly canada. d. americans found that they could survive a war with a european power. 3. northern lawmakers were hesitant to go to war with mexico because they feared a. that spain would reconquer a weakened mexico. b. the strength of the mexican army. c. the southern land gained from mexico would end up as free states. d. the southern land gained from mexico would end up as slave states.

the social contract theory

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.