On Memorial day, people who died for the country, are remembered. The flag of the United Sates is briskly raised on the staff top and then lowered to half-staff position. It is kept in this position till noon. Afternoon, the flag is again raised to full staff for the rest of the day.
The Berlin Conference was called. They adopted an agreement that allowed a European nation to lay claim to an area of Africa.
This is how Britain and Germany's competing claims over East Africa were settled.
It was "b. John L. O'Sullivan" who initiated the phrase "manifest destiny", since he--like many others of his day--felt that the United States was "destined" to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
1. (equality) correspondence of suffrage (one equivalent vote for every individual; there are more lower-class voters voting to extend government programs)
2. voters anticipate that the government will give them administrations (Social Security, clean air, and so forth)
3. reacting to gatherings and their requests (groups need to grow their most loved piece of the financial plan)