The end of the American Revolution brought both triumph and tragedy to the newly formed United States. On the one hand, the nation earned its independence and successfully ratified its Constitution. On the other hand, the Revolution brought severe economic hardship and financial ruin. The war's ...
Why did businesmen want the United States to expand into the Pacific? Manifest Destiny: Manifest Destiny was a motivating factor in America's westward expansion. Many Americans felt that they had a god-given right to take vast stretched of North America that did not originally belong to...
Explain how and why the United States become the 20th century's world leader economically and militarily. In your answer, be sure to consider the most important events and changes from the 1890's to t Why did the United States develop and deploy the...
Why did the African slave trade begin? Why did Britain abolish the slave trade in 1807? Why was indentured servitude originally considered for the American colonies? Why did Kansas become the battleground over slavery? Why and how did the United States defeat the confederate states during the Ame...
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After reviewing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest that the United States deliver their astronauts to the ISS using a trampoline. Well played. This is what happens when your once mighty space program becomes so lame that it can’t launch its own astronauts into space anymore....
"what's unique about what's happening today in government, in the world, in America, is that it's as if we're living in an Ayn Rand novel right now. I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under ass...
As the United States continues tobecomean aging society it will continue to expand and grow by the incoming year to come.Ibelieve that this will make a significant difference on my life as an adult mainly because of the futureIplan to have. For instance‚ Job wise is important in this ...
It was the crisis of theKorean Warthat brought on the confrontation. On June 24, 1950, North Korean tanks had crossed the 38th parallel into the Republic of South Korea, in a blitzkrieg-like attack. The United States had persuaded the United Nations to intervene, and MacArthur was given ove...
Sara BRONIN: In the United States, we’ve decided that car movement is really the supreme consideration when it comes to designing our streets. Okay, I lied — it isn’t just the one question we want to answer. We also want to know: what are the best ways to stop the killing?