The Canal was regarded as “The lifeline of the Empire” because it allowed for quick and easy access to the British colonies in Asia and Africa
"give me your tired, your poor, your haddled masses yearing to breathe free wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send this, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside my golden door."
E because it helped form democracy and democracy is a separation from a dictatorship
<em>One of the most infamous of these political machines was Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.</em>
<em>A political machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers)</em>
