The gold standard was used as a monetary system in the United States from the 1870s until 1933. What was one major disadvantage of using the gold standard? A.
The value of gold kept changing because of global wars.
B.
The demand for gold made it dangerous to carry around.
C.
People had to stock up on gold to use as currency.
D.
Countries had to keep a large supply of gold on hand.

Cindy is 18 years old. cindy's parents and her 23-year old brother rich are going away for the weekend. renee, cindy's best friend, is pressuring her to throw a huge saturday night party for all their friends since no one will be home. renee even asked rich if he could pick up a few kegs for them. rich brought back two kegs of beer, a bottle of vodka, and a few bottles of wine, which he hid in the basement. renee also spread the word around school for everyone to show up. cindy now has over $100 worth of alcohol hid in the basement, an empty house for the weekend, and several friends expected to show. what should she do?

Explain why the judicial branch is considered the weakest branch. explain what might happen if the judicial branch could not separate itself from the other two branches. explain how a strong judiciary branch would maintain limited government and individual rights. explain why a law that contradicts the constitution must be ruled invalid. explain why the legislature may not determine if its laws are unconstitutional. hamilton argues that the judicial branch is not above the legislative branch. explain his reasoning. how is the problem solved when two laws passed by the same legislature contradict each other? explain why hamilton believes it is pointless to argue the power of judicial review will enable judges to rule in ways that serve their own interests. explain how life tenure is necessary for the judicial branch to be able to protect individual rights against a majority. explain how everyone benefits when the rights of individuals or groups are protected. explain how limited terms of office might discourage the best-qualified people.

Chris, a master at office gossip and innuendo, says, "we know we have a corporate spy someplace in the organization, probably on the management team itself. there is no evidence that it is audrey. in fact, she's too clean, if you know what i mean. somebody should fire audrey; she's got to be the spy." by making this argument chris is actually engaging in (a) an appeal to emotion fallacy (b) a straw man fallacy (c) an appeal to ignorance fallacy (d) circular reasoning (e) an appeal to the mob fallacy