He was trying to reach out and get the U.S to end Slavery.
The racial and religious discrimination against Jewish people. Think of Nazism.
A Simple Yet Powerful Economy
Ancient Rome was an agrarian and slave based economy whose main concern was feeding the vast number of citizens and legionaries who populated the Mediterranean region. Agriculture and trade dominated Roman economic fortunes, only supplemented by small scale industrial production.
Mississippi River is the answer
Russa, or the U.S.S.R. at that time. When the U.S. found out about Russian missiles in Cuba, they established sanctions once the U.S.S.R. got rid of the missiles. So as soon as the Russians put missiles in Cuba, it was a domino effect that led up to the cold war.
