This is in fact not true, federal spending on defense in the late 1900s specifically the 1990s was in a decline from previous years when spending on the Cold War was very high. However, in the early 2000s defense spending increased dramatically with the introduction of the War on Terror and also the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A result of the exaggerated stories published by newspapers in the late 1800's was that political divisions, especially between the Democrats and Republicans leading up to the Civil War deepened greatly.
They were discriminated against and received lower pay
Many consider the Cuban Missile Crisis to be the peak of the Cuban Missile Crisis as it was the closest that the United States and the Soviet Union came to actual nuclear war.
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He acceded to the English throne upon the death of the heirless Queen Elizabeth I in 1603.
