<span>As he campaigned in 1964, Johnson declared a "war on poverty." He challenged Americans to build a "Great Society" that eliminated the troubles of the poor.</span>
<u>The Spanish-American war:</u>
The United States was not prepared for the war. Even though Americans had those enthusiastic spirit, they desperately lacked military strength. The United States Army was not prepared and aware.
They were understaffed, under equipped and under trained. The United States emerged as a world power after the result of victory over Spain in Spanish American War.
The United States gained possession over Guam, Puerto Rico and Philippines after the war. They also gained temporary control of Cuba. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict.
They had to face slavery, and whites had the authorities that colored people didn't.
The great depression in 1929 is widely accredited to have been started by the Wall street crash, the drastic and fast fall in stock prices on the US stock market.
