EASY CIVICS 15 POINTS <3 In 1998, the Disney Corporation urged passage of a law that would extend the right of artists or writers to protect their work. Disney was successful, and Congress agreed that the Mickey Mouse brand, for example, would be protected. Why was Disney able to have this sort of influence on the legislative process? 1 Executive privilege gave Disney extra influence on the president and Congress members. 2 Disney is a major media corporation that has control within Congress. 3 The brands owned by Disney were originally created by Congress. 4 Disney supporters successfully influenced Congress through lobbying.

relations between the soviet union and the united states were driven by a complex interplay of ideological, political, and economic factors, which led to shifts between cautious cooperation and often bitter superpower rivalry over the years. the distinct differences in the political systems of the two countries often prevented them from reaching a mutual understanding on key policy issues and even, as in the case of the cuban missile crisis, brought them to the brink of war.

the united states government was initially hostile to the soviet leaders for taking russia out of world war i and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. although the united states embarked on a famine relief program in the soviet union in the early 1920s and american businessmen established commercial ties there during the period of the new economic policy (1921–29), the two countries did not establish diplomatic relations until 1933. by that time, the totalitarian nature of joseph stalin's regime presented an insurmountable obstacle to friendly relations with the west. although world war ii brought the two countries into alliance, based on the common aim of defeating nazi germany, the soviet union's aggressive, antidemocratic policy toward eastern europe had created tensions even before the war ended.

a. by accepting the election of president abraham lincoln in 1860 and convincing other southern states to do the same