It differed as in previous presidential elections many people weren't allowed to vote such as women and others.
Fidel Castro died this year.
Their lives improved because the material conditions in their surrounding improved. They had higher quality homes, higher levels of sanitation, working sewage, better access to medical care if need be, and many other things.
President Nixon faced quite a few challenges while he was serving.
Some of the major ones include: Vietnam War, inflation, and the Watergate Scandal.
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Thoureau wanted to poit to the fact that following traditions limits us and deprives us from developing our imgination. Thoreau, like other romantic authors, does not agree with tradition. He thinks it prevents people from finding true greatness and blocks their path to spirituality. "Castles in the air" are simply illusions by which people persuade themselves in something that is not true, in Thoureau's opinion.
