The articles gave very little power to the central government and more to the states. Therefore, when the government leaders were trying fix the articles, they really had no power to. That is why, when the leaders had the Constitutional Convention, instead of changing the articles, they had to completely throw out the articles and start over.
More than 9 million soldiers and an estimated 12 million civilians died in WW1, and 21 million military men were wounded
The Wilmot Proviso pulled the nation apart because the southerners and northerners did not know whether to allow slavery in Mexico and the Wilmot Proviso automatically banned slavery in that region. ... Another was to allow the New Mexico and Utah territories to allow whether they wanted to have slavery.
Hearst played a huge part in arousing the public's intention to go to war with Spain. ... Because of his leading role in inciting the war, Hearst was nicknamed the “Father of Yellow Journalism.” Hearst made some very intelligent moves as he tried to out-maneuver Pulitzer. He hired Pulitzer's writers for more money.
