Midterm elections usually have the characteristic of lower voter turnout than Presidential year elections.
People usually feel less motivated and, as a result, less people vote during what is considered "off years." As a result, there is often more movement in who holds the House or Senate as a result of only die hard voters participating in the off year.
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Collectivization led to terrible famines, especially in the Ukraine, that caused the deaths of millions. The third (1938–42) emphasized the production of armaments. The fourth (1946–53) again stressed heavy industry and military buildup, angering the Western powers.
Thomas Jefferson said that all men have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (though Jefferson did not originally think of the last one). Keep in mind that by "men" he means white, well-off men, not women or slaves.
Much like today, the key entertainment for Elizabethan London was: sports, visual entertainment (plays, for the time), and gambling.
Tennis, in particular, became a particularly popular sport during the Elizabethan age while artists like Shakespeare came to prominence with plays that the common masses enjoyed.
