Read the thesis statement from a historical essay. Determine which type of claim the author is making (claim of fact, definition, policy, value, or cause and effect) and why the claim fits this designation. Finally, provide an example of the type of evidence the author should use to best support the claim. (4 points) The collapse of the Soviet Union resulted from the government's overspending on military commitments and the failure of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform policies.

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The type of claim the author is making is a cause and effect because the author is saying that the Soviet Union collapsed after Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev implemented his policies of the reformation in the country and the overspending on military commitments

The type of evidence the author should use to best support the claim is to use primary and secondary sources to include information about the two main reformations policies implemented by Gorbachev: Perestroika and Glasnost.

The author has to explain how Perestroika opened the frontiers of the USSR to welcome foreign investment, and on the other hand, how Glasnosts allowed liberties that were suppressed since Joseph Stalin's time, so Russian people started to express themselves.

These two factors can explain the split of the Soviet Unión.

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1) checks and balances- this idea is implemented in the constitution to ensure that no one branch of the federal government gains too much power. for example, the legislative branch(congress) can approve a bill that will then be sent to the executive branch (president). if the president does not like the bill or thinks that it violates the rights of citizens, he/she can veto the bill. vetoing the bill stops the bill from becoming a law. this check on power ensures that congress makes laws that do not violate the rights of citizens.

2) anti-federalists do not want to ratify the constitution unless it includes a bill of rights. the anti-federalists are worried that the constitution gives too much power to the federal government. having a strong central government caused problems when the us was still part of great britain. this is why the anti-federalists are fearful of this type of system.

3) federalists want a new constitution passed because it will fix america's weak political structure. before the us constitution is implemented, the constitution being used is known as the articles of confederation. this constitution has an extremely weak central government, allowing for disunity among the states.

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