The correct answer is either manifest destiny or the civil war
Because of the civil war and the expenses of maintaining a navy that could blockade Confederate ports, the Navy was constantly losing power and ships and after the war ended most of the 700 initial ships were completely out of service. As manifest destiny and reconstruction began spreading, the government did not focus on rebuilding its navy and a large part of the navy that remained had to focus on things like helping merchants or doing civilian runs in order to be sustained.
I would also go with D.) Mutually assured destruction.
This whole idea mainly started during the Cold War. The United States and Soviet Union didn't want to use their nuclear weapons because they feared that if they did, the other side would retaliate. Ultimately, both sides would lose everything.
Eastern Canada hold more older (European) settlements than Western Canada. Eastern Canada was settled by the French and then the English in an effort to expand their terrortories and then resource (fur trade) extraction. The bulk of the original population of these regions are direct descendants of the original settlers and of the "Loyalists" who moved north from the United States when the US became independant from Britain.
<span>False, 25. The vice president can vote in the senate when there is a tied vote. true. The senate has the sole power of impeachment and the house has the sole power to hold the trials for all impeachments ... the original term of office for the president was 6 years, but this was reduced to 4 years by aconstitutional amendment.</span><span>
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