Answer:The Selective Service Act of 1917 authorized the government to raise an army for entry into WWI through a draft that drew them into conscripted military service. ... The draft had a high success rate due to the spirit of patriotism during World War I, with fewer than 350,000 men dodging conscription.
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ANSWER: In the mid-1840s, the size and nature of Irish immigration changed drastically. The potato blight which destroyed the staple of the Irish diet produced famine. Hundreds of thousands of peasants were driven from their cottages and forced to emigrate -- most often to North America.
Explanation: Pushed out of Ireland by religious conflicts, lack of political autonomy and dire economic conditions, these immigrants, who were often called "Scotch-Irish," were pulled to America by the promise of land ownership and greater religious freedom. Many Scotch-Irish immigrants were educated, skilled workers.
I believe one important reason why England was behind Spain and Portugal in colonization was because the latter two countries are in or closely associated with the Mediterranean and that is where the heart of the foment for world explorations came from especially in Italy during the Renaissance. These world explorations led to the conquests of the New World indigenous people such as in the present day Mexico and Peru and Bolivia as early as the early 1500's. The English colony in the present day US was not established until 1607.
The answer is really self explanatory. Rationing food allowed them to get through out the war without having to worry about the amount of food supply they had.
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