Many people during this time, including Washington, felt that slavery was justified because the slaves in America were previously slaves in Africa, and were treated more poorly by their African masters than they were by their American masters. This was of course heavily refuted.
Answer: In 1917, Germany, determined to win its war of attrition against the Allies, announced the resumption of unrestricted warfare in war-zone waters. Three days later, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and just hours after that the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat.
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panish influenza killed 40-50 million people in 1918.
Asian influenza killed 2 million people in 1957.
Hong Kong influenza killed 1 million people in 1968.
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Louisiana Purchase: The Land Deal of the Millennium. For a mere $15 million, Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States, buying 800,000 square miles from the French that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
