It was located in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula linking Yemen (which had major trading ports) and the Levant. It was also a pilgrimage site so there were always people there for worship which encouraged trade as well.
Candidate Party Electoral Votes
Abraham Lincoln Republican 180
John C. Breckinridge Democratic 72
John Bell Constitutional Union 39
Stephen A. Douglas Democratic 12
The correct answer is D.
Although the RMS Lusitania was a British ship, when it was sunk by a German submarine in 1915, 234 American citizens died. Nevertheless, in 1916 the Sussex Pledge took place, being a promise made by Germany in which they claimed to attack with no previous warning any armed ship. However, in March 1916 Germany torpeded a French ship that had no weapons, meaning this, and announcing Germany the resimption of unrestricted submarine warfare. Finally, based on the German decission and having reasons because of the Lusitania deceased people, the US declares war on Germany in April 1917.
In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million were born in 1952; and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 until 1964, when the boom finally tapered off. By then, there were 76.4 million<span> “baby boomers” in the United States. They made up almost 40 percent of the nation's population.</span>
