Generally speaking, this recession was far more devastating than other relatively recent economic downturns in that it lasted longer than expected and many more homes and jobs were lost than expected. Thus the term "Great Recession".
The primary purpose of Teddy Roosevelt's fight against trusts was to show both US residents and the world that businesses were not in charge of the country–the government was.
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Hong Kong was gained during the Opium wars.
An exclave is a portion of a state or territory geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territory (of one or more states). Many exclaves are also enclaves. Enclave is sometimes used improperly to denote a territory that is only partly surrounded by another state.
The traders who first made contact with the people of West Africa were from the European country of Portugal.
