Answer: E
Explanation: The Suez Canal is an artificial opening built on Egyptian territory to connect the Red and Mediterranean Seas and allow maritime communication between Europe and Asia without having to contour the African continent. This passage made Egypt a kind of gateway between the West and the East.
In the 1960 Presidential elections, John F Kennedy became the democratic candidate despite his Catholicism.
This was surprising since Anti-Catholic sentiment was pretty high in mainstream American society at the time.
This was also seen as a reason why his presidential win was the closest in the history of the United States with a margin of just 118,000 out of 69 million votes.
Answer:
Called for a constitutional amendment to empower the federal government to build roads and canals.
Explanation:
During President Madison second term the US had grown rapidly, the nation had gone bigger and transport and communication across the territory became a challenge.
New roads and canals were needed so the country could develop, Madison knew that. But he believed that the Congress did not have the authority to build them, so he defended that the Constitution should be amended so the federal government was authorized to build them.
Congress did not agree with that and did not amend the Constitution, instead, they passed the Bonus Bill, that was vetoed by Madison exactly because he believed that the federal government did not have the power to carry the execution of those powers.
Answer:
it is a dwarf planet, they say