Russia was already launching and developing their space technology. This meant Russia would have the upper hand in a war. Because Russia and America took some of the Nazi's scientists after WW2, America funded the space race. Russia beated us to space, but we beat them to the moon.
The correct answer is C. Similar land boundaries. During this war the US, seeing that the UK was roughly dealing with France, tried to invade the east coast of the British colonies in Canada. The reason that the US had for carrying such invansion out, was that these lands were culturally and economicly similar to the US. At the end of 1812 war, although both Nations had gained different lands, signed the Treaty of Ghent, reaching peace and stablishing the boundaries just as they were before starting the war. Neither the US, nor the UK consider themselves to have won the war, however Canada does, this because this country considers that the final outcome made the US did not get lands and these kept Canadian.
<span>Non-Western
nations were in a weak state and Western powers had strong economies,
governments, and armed forces and they had superior technology.
People opposed it through wars of resistance and nationalist movements and by adopting Western technologies and economic reforms.</span>
Answer: An attempt to create a justification for something that you knowingly decided to flake out on.
An attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
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