By the end of the 19th century, reform efforts resulted in a constitutional amendment to allow women the right to vote.
The shredding of the iron curtain was the ending.<span>Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985</span>
Purchase of Alaska
Just looked it up
The United States wanted to build the Panama Canal in order to save time and money on trading. Before the Panama Canal, people had to sail all the way around Africa in order to get to the other side of the world, which costed much more money and took a lot longer. The US owns the canal because of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, which gave the rights to the USA to build and manage it.