The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in what is now the United States at least 15,000 years ago, possibly much earlier, from Asia via Beringia. A vast variety of peoples, societies and cultures subsequently developed.
I believe the answer is: It was weakened and could not provide military protection.
Land reclamation refers to the process of creating new land by elevating the land that covered by the sea or lake and extracting the water out.
Due to the large budget for this project, the government have less money to be allocated for military supplies and soldiers.
<span>~no country could prosper without a large fleet of ships engaged in international trade, protected by oversea navy bases
~was urged to take Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Cuba
~the depression increases the belief that a more aggressive foreign policy was necessary to stimulate American exports
~fierce nationalism was formed and reinforced by the "yellow press"
hope it helps :)
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The space race was one and the Soviet spent a lot of money on other things to that lead them to go bankrupt and the Soviet Union to fall
