The ancient Olympics were more of a religious festival rather than an athletic event. The games were held to commemorate Greek god Zeus. During those times, on the middle day of the Olympics, 100 oxen would be sacrificed to god Zeus. In the modern times, Olympic games are held with the same purpose.
Quite a few, in fact.
Major Cold War proxy wars included the Algerian War, the conflict in the Congo, the Northern Yemeni Civil War, the Sand War, the Western Sahara War, the Laotian Insurgency, the Civil War in Mozambique, and many others.
The British had a more organized army than the Colonists, and they also had more financial support. However, Americans had the knowledge of the land, as they were fighting on American soil.
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Marshall plan was also knows as European Recovery Program. It was the plan offered by USA to rebuild the economy of the allied countries after the World War Two.
One of the main reasons why it was offered was to prevent the countries from falling prey to communism. It was enacted in 1948 and gave more that 15 billion dollars to the allies. President Harry Truman signed it on April 3, 1948 and it helped 16 Europeans countries including Netherlands, Belgium,France and Britain.
After the second world war US had no intention too sent its troops into Eastern Europe where Soviet Union was supporting guerrilla movements and occupying countries. So It pursued the policy of granting aid too various countries so as to prevent a communist takeover and confine the communism to its current borders. This policy came to be known as Truman doctrine.
And with the Marshall plan it advanced the Truman doctrine by announcing the the humanitarian aid was the sole purpose of the Marshall plan. It also offered aid to the the communist countries of East Europe.
The correct answer is letter D
Explanation: For the Union and Confederacy it was a difficult moment of the war, the future of them was not clear. They did not know if could win because of the Battle of Shiloh, and all the difficult moments in that battle.
When the Union fought Confederation and took control of New Orleans. It was an important moment, because they could take control of Mississippi the largest port of Confederacy.
