It was the refinement of the Bessemer process, first used in the United States in the 1860s, that allowed for the major advance in skyscraper construction. As steel is stronger and lighter in weight than iron, the use of a steel frame made possible the construction of truly tall buildings.
The US government wanted to win the Space Race, and since they saw the USSR had already put an object into space they needed to catch up or beat them.
The burning of the American flag was determined a form of symbolic speech, protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in the Bill of Rights.
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