An international diplomatic crisis erupted in May 1960 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) shot down an American U-2 spy plane in Soviet air space and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers (1929-77). Confronted with the evidence of his nation's espionage, President Dwight D.
This is in fact not true, federal spending on defense in the late 1900s specifically the 1990s was in a decline from previous years when spending on the Cold War was very high. However, in the early 2000s defense spending increased dramatically with the introduction of the War on Terror and also the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
French revolution
17,000 people died in the French revolution
Geography played a critical role in the economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston, since all of these cities were located on the Atlantic Ocean and had protected harbors, that allowed for unprecedented levels of trade with both other states and other nations.