The USA is bounded on the East mostly by the Atlantic Ocean,
and by the Gulf of Mexico over a small distance.
John Cabot (aka Giovanni Caboto) was an Italian navigator and explorer.
“I took the isthmus, started the canal, and then left the congress-not to debate the canal, but to debate me. While the debate goes on, the canal does too and they are welcome to debate me as long as they wish, provided that we go with the canal,” Was Roosevelt’s reply to those accusing him of having an unconstitutional matter to the situation.
We take it for granted that the United States is the most powerful country on Earth today, and perhaps in human history. The story of how that came to be is long, fascinating, complex — and often misunderstood. Here, excerpted in part from "70 maps that explain America," are maps that help show some of the key moments and forces that contributed to the US's rise as sole global superpower.
Extreme abolitionists did more harm than good because they
tended towards extreme militancy, and with their use of virulent words, the extreme
abolitionists turned off Southerners to their cause. This did more harm than
good, first to the slaves, then also the abolition cause in general.
