In the United States during this time, college started to get far more expensive and unaffordable, which caused the Reagan Administration to take steps towards making it more affordable--steps that largely failed in the long-run.
Women also wanted to vote because the states need more voters
The success of the Roman army was based around the facts that it had excellent organization, great leadership, good training, good equipment, and that is was only consisted of professionals.
The Roman army had only professional soldiers in it. Not everyone was able to become soldiers, as certain physical criteria had to be fulfilled. The ones that became soldiers had training everyday. Tactical training, one to one combat, formation combat etc.
That led to the Roman army to be very successful in its military campaigns, especially because very often it was coming upon poorly organized armies, where most of the soldiers were either part-time soldiers, or just ordinary villagers.
The Rhine River (sorry about the late answer)