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People who did not want to answer the questions from the Committee was indicted for contempt of Congress and were sent to prison. Some other people were put on a blacklist in the workplace and lost their jobs and found very difficult to find other company that hires them.
Many members of society considered that that represented such a "wich hunt," that only ruined people's reputation and limited their freedom of speech.
It was all the fashion rage at the time. ALL men had to be clean shaven
if they weren't then they were shaved by force.
Traveling across the Pacific Ocean would be the longest distance to travel, since it is the largest ocean by square milage, although it would be possible to combine different routes to increase the distance traveled elsewhere.
Leading up to this war between England the new nation, the United States, was the conflict between two European powers, France & England. Napolean of France dominated the European continent & the British dominated the sea with its superior Navy.
<span>The basic problem for the US was the battle for power between England & France. </span>
<span>England put forth a declaration that was called the </span>Orders in<span> Council... </span>
<span>This declaration barred neutral nations from trading with France & her allies. The English plan was to deprive France from receiving essential products by sea from neutral nations such as the United States. The US had developed trade between itself & France and this could be accomplished only by merchant vessels. The problem faced by the USA was that the seas were ruled by the British Royal Navy. </span>
<span>British warships would stop USA ships and kidnap US sailors & the US had no Navy to speak of to stop this. This then was the problem faced by the USA at the beginning of the war between the USA & Britain called the War of 1812. So it's mostly about the shortage of american goods. </span>
Inequality
White people owned things that was more advanced than what Blacks had