The Year 1917 was very important for the Wright Brothers as it was the year when their Patent was going to expire.
The Wright brothers are widely regarded as the pioneers of winged and controlled flight. Since their test flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, the Brothers not only became famous for their invention but also notorious for their absurd patent war tactics.
After their invention many local as well as international engineers had developed workable concepts of an airplane. Many of which were actually more advanced and safer than their version.
They knew their patent would expire in 1917 and before that, they launched massive patent wars all over the world to protect their invention and more importantly collect fees.
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In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel.
After the war, South Carolina began to industrialize rapidly. Several wealthy landowners built some textile factories with the income of the cotton they produced on their haciendas. The textile industry grew and expanded until 1920. Then several pests destroyed many cotton plantations. Some of the landowners were forced to grow other products such as wheat and tobacco. The economy recovered largely around the year 1940, until that time agriculture was its main source of income but happened to have the industry as the axis of its economy.
"Immigrants who lack American values weaken our culture."
<span>This would be the correct answer, because nativism includes the idea that immigration is seen as bringing hostile people into a country and that they will be unable to assimilate into the new country's culture.
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