Legislation passed in the 1950's to fund an interstate highway system primarily in response to the need to be able to land large aircraft in emergencies.
Hitler did not know of the Pearl Harbor plan beforehand. When informed in his headquarters on the evening of Dec. 7 of the strike and the damage suffered by US forces, he was “delighted,” according to British historian Ian Kershaw.
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Manifest destiny was the idea that the United States would stretch from sea to sea as a beacon of liberty. Texas had lots of American immigrants at the time and had a lot of slave plantations that could of extended the south. Texas also had recently broken free from Mexico, and was made by American settlers who made their government based on the US. So, because of all this, America decided to annex Texas and incorporate it into the Union.
Free silver is one of the major economic policy started in the late 19th century.
Explanation:
The main objective of free silver movement leads to acceptance of mints and this will lead to the process of silver bullion following a principle that is after processing the silver coin the coins are paid to the depositors . The silver coins' monetary value dependent on government fiat , it did not depend on the commodity value of various content and thus leading to silver strikes and thus the price of the silver fell.
Many organisations wanted inflationary monetary policies that would help debtors to pay their debts at a cheaper rate as well as with dollars that was readily available and those suffered due to this policy were the creditors, they were mainly the landlords and the banks.
China was influenced by foreigners politically, socially, and economically during the Ming Dynasty. Missionaries come into China bringing both Christianity and technology. China struggled foreigners influence by kicking out the Mongols. Also, China began to detach itself and limited the foreigners’ trading posts.
