Answer:
In 1896, William Jennings Bryan ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States. Bryan, a former Democratic congressman from Nebraska, gained his party's presidential nomination in July of that year after electrifying the Democratic National Convention with his Cross of Gold speech
I don’t know lol. Maybe because they like to help?
Answer:
John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president, negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress.
Explanation:
(short list of other things he did)
04/12/1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes first in space. ...
04/15/1961: Bay of Pigs. ...
Bay of Pigs Invasion Begins.
05/04/1961: First Freedom Ride. ...
5/05/1961: An American in space. ...
05/25/1961: Kennedy plans a man on the moon...
Kennedy Pledges to Support Space Program
06/03/1961: Kennedy meets with Khrushchev
It was before the era of railways hence waterways were critical factor. They determined the population centers access to trade. Examples rivers (New Orleans, Cincinnati), Great Lakes (Chicago, Detroit), canals (Milwaukee) and obviously sea port cities (New York)