The Political Cartoon is representing Congress by investigating President Richard Nixon famous controversies such as the Watergate Scandal where he intercepted the Democratic National Convention Headquarters in Washington D.C. by tapping the phones (recording device). All these footsteps lead to the White House because President Nixon was responsible for it, leading him to resign office on August 8th, 1974.
The centralists believed the federal government had to be strong
Vikings
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India's Hindus and Muslims had a history of conflict.
Catholicism was still dominant in Europe. There were many Calvinist centers in France. Most people in Norway were Catholic. England and Scotland had the most Muslim centers.