1 is the answer my class is doing the enlightenment era this month
The Han, Roman and Gupta empires all fell do to invasion. A strong, loyal army is necessary to protect the empire from invasion. All of these empires were first weakened by a succession weak governments. The trust and faith in the government was eroded over time. Internal strife by the people because of declining abilities of the government to govern weaken the state. The government should try to prevent internal rebellions by maintaining good governance over the people.
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Not sure what the context is, but I'll tell you what it is.
Answer:
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality
All men were given the right to vote in the 15th amendment and the women in the blank amendment
The 19th Amendment
I pretty sure, it has something to do with sailing conditions, most sailors who went there never returned, violent storms, blah bla <span />