Mali’s greatest ruler was Mansa Musa who was known to travel across Africa with hundreds of slaves who carried 4 pounds of gold while camels carried 300.
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Recognizing how important railroads were for settling the west the government made large what to the railroad compaines
land grants
Protecting our freedoms. Our political and economic rights are the foundation of our democracy and capitalist economy. Without them, we’d be nothing.
We often think of our rights as a protection against the heavy hand of government, but we shouldn’t ignore the contribution that the people through their government have made in expanding those rights since the early days of the republic, when they applied only to white men with property.
Liberals who look fondly upon the government as a benevolent force often do so because the federal government was on their side in the great battles to abolish slavery and to extend rights to African-Americans, women, Native Americans, immigrants, workers, gays and many others. Liberals don’t like big government; they like a good and just government. For their part, conservatives want a government that enforces property rights and protects us against tyranny.
They gained California and New Mexico
