Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam.
"(2) Mali would have flourished without Mansa Musa’s influence" is an opinion rather than a fact since there is no way of proving that this would have happened.
It basically strengthened the U.S, the westward states were expanded. It had a lot of potential and power.
One of the most effective and consistent strategies of the 2004 George W. Bush campaign was the description of John Kerry as a "flip-flopper" who had changed his views for political gain. This line of attack put Kerry in stark contrast to Bush, a man who, his campaign insisted, held firm to his beliefs. This video of John Kerry windsurfing on Nantucket was particularly damaging as it provided a perfect visual metaphor for that plot and also played on the notion that Kerry is an East Coast elitist.
The populist part wanted to have a monetary system based on both silver and gold. They wanted a bi-metallic money system.
