The economy was not doing well, soldiers were coming home with horrible PTSD and after-shock, the great depression was going on, etc. :)
To Contain Communism and Maintain a strong image.
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The Northwest Ordinance stipulated the creation of at least three but not more than five states out of the Northwest Territory. Once sixty thousand people resided in a territory, they could apply for statehood.
He considered himself a spokesperson to the common man
They traveled to America with the pilgrims to practice religious freedom
