Northeast - Described as a liberal bubble, high levels of education and taxation, gets bitterly cold, highly diverse, significant levels of income inequality, best schools and hospitals Landmarks: Plymouth Rock, Harvard University, Statue of Liberty
Midwest - some parts wheat belt, farming, big areas undeveloped, prairie, but others very urbanized, number of great cities w high concentration of African Americans (although not nearly as large as South), melting pot of Protestantism and Calvinism and very suspicious of authority, factories, liberal leaning with a susceptibility for populism Landmarks: Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, Gateway Arch, Henry Ford Museum, Mount Rushmore
South - Hot, humid, lots of retired people, large populations of conservatives (with the exception of a number of large urban areas), tendency towards voter suppression tactics, welcoming and hospitable as long as you're not foreign looking, great varieties of fried food and excellent Mexican options, farming, oil, cows Landmarks: Fort Sumter, Selma Bridge, The Alamo
West - major agriculture and livestock grazing, volatile weather/ climate (in some areas incredibly dry, with tornadoes, frequent droughts, etc; in others heaviest rainfall and snowfall in US), highly diverse and heavily influenced by elements of Asian, Latino, and Native American cultures, tech centers, varying rural and highly concentrated urban areas, Mormons, cowboy culture Landmarks: The Golden Gate Bridge, Las Vegas Strip, The Space Needle, Old Faithful
Social security in the form of such things as pensions, welfare and unemployment insurance is first of all an expenditure on the part of the government, ie spending based on the tax money taken in from both personal income taxes and sales tax including in Canada, the Goods and Service tax. It is also a form of potential revenue because the recipients have to spend it on basic things like clothes, gas for car usage ie some things which are taxed plus the recipient also has to pay income tax on some if not most of these payments so it becomes a source of revenue again for the government.
The spanish-america war brought on a need for a shorter and faster route between the pacific and atlantic oceans. a canal going across america would not only make global shipping faster and cheaper, but it would also help the united states navy to be able to move from ocean to ocean in a time of war.<span />
If there are lots of children books there little to no urgency to purchase them therefore the demand goes down. Because the sale for them are low to make up the money spent on them the prices increase further driving people away from purchasing. Some potential ways for her to sell more would be to lower the cost or lower the variety.