Answer:The concept of manifest destiny, coined by a newspaper editor, justified American expansion across the continent.
“manifest destiny” suggested that expansion across the American continent was obvious, inevitable, and a divine right of the United States.
used by Democrats in the 1840s to justify the war with Mexico.
a broader expression of belief in the country’s
Explanation:
Answer: Grover Cleveland’s response to the Pullman strike was to send federal troops to keep the trains running.
Explanation:
The Pullman Strike started on 11 May 1894. It was the result of protest by railway workers against George Pullman, hence the name Pullman strike.
George Pullman started cutting manpower and asked the remaining ones to work extra hours at a lower wages. This started in 1983 as a result of economic downfall caused by the Panic of 1893.
It was this strike that gave birth to Labor Day, a national holiday to pacify American labor movement.
The labors who started Pullman Strike were from a union founded by Eugene Debs, known as American Railroad Union (ARU).
The government's response to this strike gave a hint that government is trying to break the strike.
The options to your Question are:
a) Saturday Night Massacre
b) Executive Privilege Firings
c) Nixon Cover-Up
d) Watergate Scandal
The correct answer is Option a. Saturday Night Massacre refers to President Nixon's order to fire several of his staff members who refused to follow his orders. The exact origin of this phrase could not be tracked but it first appeared in an Article of Washington Post two days following the event and the author of that article stated in the article that the event was already being termed as Saturday Night Massacre.
1989 - Milosevic becomes president of Serbia
1991 - Civil war begins in the Balkans
3 March 1992 - Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independance
April 1992-1995 - Muslims and Croats are killed in ethnic cleansing (Bosnian Genocide)