He bought Louisiana Purchase, launched the Lewis and Clark expedition and wrote the Declaration of Independence
The purpose of the 1903 construction project is to protect from flooding by hurricanes
Lee decided to surrender his army in part because he wanted to prevent unnecessary destruction to the South.
Unemployment had risen, leaving stocks in great excess of their real value. Among the other causes of the eventual market collapse were low wages, the proliferation of debt, a struggling agricultural sector and an excess of large bank loans that could not be liquidated.
