He was a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He became very rich off of the railroad business.
They happened in this order Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Ionian Revolt. Hope this helps.
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The major physical feature that you would have to cross in order to reach this destination would be the Appalachian Mountains, since these were so large that they discouraged travel to this region for quite some time.
The larger goal was uniting Americans around the war effort.
Cracking down on dissent would be a negative action in support of the larger, positive goal the government sought. The government wanted a fully united public in support of the war, and so it put out the message that that freedom of speech might have its limits in times of war.