The Mayflower Compact is often cited as one of the foundations of the US Constitution. The Pilgrims in England received a land patent from the Virginia Company and created their own joint-stock company for the enterprise.
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The Marshall Plan, or European Recovery Program, was an American initiative to help rebuild the economy of Western Europe after World War II. It was determined that the aid should stress “the raising of European production and consumption through the economic and functional integration of Europe” (Maier, 1991, p. 9).
Answer: To show loyalty to the U.S., gain upward mobility and/or Citizenship
Explanation: During World War II, many Americans of Japanese descent volunteered to join the U.S. military. This was in spite of growing sentiments against them as well as internment of Japanese Americans in camps.
It was a way to show loyalty to the U.S. For some it was the only way to gain citizenship, as well as move up the social ranks as ethnic minority groups had limited rights. They were first rejected, with the exception of bilingual Japanese Americans who helped with translation and interrogation.
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As we know before Missouri Compromise of 1820, there were 11 free states and 11 save states and so there was a balance of power between North and South. The admission of Missouri as a slave state would result the imbalance. So we see Henry Clay, a congressman came with Missouri Compromise which provided for admission of Missouri as a slave state along with Maine as a free state in order to maintain the balance of power. It also prohibited slavery in the north of 36*30 parallel, excluding Missouri. So ultimately resolved the heated issue of the time in the Senate over slave states and free states. As it was a controversial act, it was later declared unconstitutional and was repealed by Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
