<span>In the dimensions of its financial support and in the breadth of its influence, science has indeed become a national Establishment. Politicians are more likely to abuse it by calling on it to advance their special causes than they are to ignore it. In this predicament, scientists cannot protect their essential interests in government by setting themselves apart in a separate status or separate department. They used to be content with the control of particular bureaus or programs. Today, in the White House Office or the lobbies of the Capitol, they are obliged, by the nature of the system they helped create, to play a responsible role in all aspects of national policy, and in the development of a new pattern of relationships between public and private institutions in our society</span>
The expansion of the entertainment industry after WWI was largely an attempt to offer an alternative to the nightmare of war. The technological improvements in the 1920s also factored into these developments. The expansion of the film industry meant that almost every city and town had a movie theatre. This development was linked to the availability of automobiles and the popularity of radio.
The English Civil war was fought because of the conflict over the power of the monarchy and the rights of parliament therefore as the conflict progressed it led to charles being executed and a republic formed!
In the North, the economy was based on industry. They built factories and manufactured products to sell to other countries and to the southern states. They did not do a lot of farming because the soil was rocky and the colder climate made for a shorter growing season. ... In the South, the economy was based on agriculture.
