4. The UN needs to set an agenda for its opening General Assembly meeting in September. What UN organ is responsible for setting this agenda and choosing topics that need to be discussed?

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.

on 6 november american voters will elect members of the house of representatives and the senate, which together are called congress.

both houses of congress are currently controlled by the republican party, which backs president donald trump.

the democrats think they can win control of the house of representatives this year by winning a majority of seats.

doing so would let them block or delay the president’s plans by refusing to enact them.

all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election.

if the democrats want to take control of the house by having the most seats, they’re going to have to claim at least 23 from the republicans.

graphic: the battle for the house of representatives

the installment plan of the 1920s, an arrangement that allowed people to buy what they wanted with a small down payment and pay off the rest in monthly installments, provided americans a way to own what they did not have the money to buy.

the correct answer is d) he deserved the title after his leadership in the battle for independence.

agustin de iturbide was a mexican army general and politician. he to win the war of independence from spain. because of that win he was proclaimed emperor of mexico and crowned in 1822, his reign didn’t last long, in 1823 he abdicated and departed for europe, because of that he was declared a traitor and in 1824 he was executed by a firing squad.