If the border with Laos had been closed and North Vietnam had not been able to operate in the country, the communist side would not have been able to stock up on resources, men, ammunition, weapons, food and medicine through the HoChi Minh Trail.
Therefore, the forces of the North that were fighting in South Vietnam would have been out of supply, and their defeat would have been imminent.
The spanish gov't favored the peninsulares over the creoles, often rewarding them with powerful gov't positions.
Governments suffered a fiscal toll given that they were forced to pay for food and shelter for poor refugees in their countries. The resulting crisis had profound consequence on government’s economies and social system given that they also affected the citizens
Both the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act increased the government's ability to C. REGULATE UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES BY RAILROAD.
The Elkins Act of 1903 authorizes Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroad companies that offered rebates and on shippers who accepted these rebates.
The Hepburn Act or Hepburn Rate Bill gave authority to the ICC to regulate the railroad shipping rates.
