Women have been a part of the war effort since the Revolutionary War, but in the early days of our nation they had to cloak themselves in disguise to serve alongside men. When they were accepted into the military, women were given auxiliary roles. As the weapons and methods of warfare changed in the late 20th century, however, the Pentagon began to realize that gender matters less on the battlefield.
Answer:
A government's basic functions are providing leadership, maintaining order, providing public services, providing national security, providing economic security, and providing economic assistance.
Explanation:
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell
"We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue." - James A. Garfield
"Home of the free, because of the brave." - Unknown
"May we never forget freedom isn't free" - Unknown
"The brave die never, though they sleep in dust, their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter the words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them" - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with eh last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown
"The patriot's blood is the seed of freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell
"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime" - Adlai Stevenson II
19th century: The American expansion was guided by the concept of <em>Manifest Destiny</em>, being that the people of the time believed it was their fate to expand and colonize the rest of the territory (that became what is now the U.S.), whilst pushing forward their virtues and institutions, with the urge to do so being irresistible to them.
20th century: The expansion of this period (that actually started in the final years of the century before) was called <em>Imperialism</em>, where the idea of gaining overseas territories, expanding American influence on international market by expanding their industry and trade.
Similarities and differences: In both periods there was an interest in expanding American territories, although the ideologies behind those movements where different: in the former the belief of forming a great country through force of will was their core motive; conflicts with other nations and cultures were consequences rather than the motif. In the later the economic and power interest where the reasons for doing so; the expansion had many morally questionable sub-tones, such as racism and an exaggerated me-before-you approach to all, with conflict and war being promoted by one president of the time (Theodore Roosevelt).
