Historians use primary sources like diaries, letters, speeches. And secondary sources like articles.
Public policy in the United States is shaped by a wide variety of forces, from polls and election results to interest groups and institutions, both formal and informal. In addition to political parties, the influence of diverse and sometimes antagonistic political forces has been widely acknowledged by policymakers and evidenced by scholars, and journalists. In recent years concerns have been growing that deep-pocketed donors now play an unprecedented role in American politics — concerns supported by 2013 research from Harvard and the University of Sydney that found that for election integrity, the U.S. ranked 26th out of 66 countries analyzed.
The question of who shapes public policies and under what conditions is a critical one, particularly in the context of declining voter turnout. From both a theoretical and practical point of view, it is important to understand if voters still have the possibility of providing meaningful input into public policies, or if the government bypasses citizens in favor of economic elites and interest groups with strong fundraising and organizational capacity.
Agriculture provides employment opportunities for rural people on a large scale in undeveloped and developing countries. it is an important source of livelihood, the rising agricultural surplus it’s caused by increasing agriculture production and productivity tends to improve social welfare particularly in rural areas
In the speech Abraham Lincoln invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for a new birth of freedom, as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and its idea of self-government.
The U.S intervention in the boxer rebellion was a problem for three main reasons:
- Americans in China were taking advantage of China's culture and resources.
- The Chinese people lost independence since Americans wanted to show other nations that they were superior to China by introducing them to other traditions, religion and products that changed their own.
- During the rebellion, there was a great number of Americans in the country.
