Puerto Rico in California
The compromise that was made at the constitutional Convention so that Congress could get the power to control foreign trade was that Congress could not tax exports. What exports means is to send products or goods to another country, while imports means getting goods from other countries. The reason why that would be your answer is because to send things over seas to foreign countries, it would cost a lot, and if they were to tax it, it would be very expensive to export things. Because of the compromise, Congress doesn't have to tax products or things when exporting them to foreign countries, which saved them A LOT of money. Because of not taxing exports, they gained so much power exporting things.
Historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., described the
powers that President Johnson assumed as he escalated the war in Vietnam
as an imperial presidency. Lyndon <span>Baines </span>Johnson often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the
36thPresident of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
Not only were soldiers affected by the tragedies of the war, but civilians were affected also. It is estimated that approximately 5 million civilians died due to war-induced causes. The birth rate sharply declined during the war period as well.
