Rural people had farms and thus needed more workers so they just had a bunch of kids to help out. if the city they didn't need a bunch of kids.
Answer: Oil.
Japan wanted southern Indochina's supply of oil as they were starved for it and unable to maintain their military. On the same day they attacked Pearl Harbour they also attacked the Philippines to gain access to this oil. The attack on Pearl Harbour was to prevent any armada of US ships from retaking the Philippines, which they succeeded at doing.
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may be the International Peace Bureau
Response:
Technologies and arms are optimistic, while pathogens are the negative influence of Europeans on America's future.
Explanation of:
The positive influence of Europeans on the future of the Americas was that they introduced technology, weapons, cattle, plants, etc. to America. They also also brought Christianity to the people of America. The detrimental effect of Europeans was the introduction of deadly diseases such as smallpox, syphilis and measles, etc., which destroyed a huge population of America due to lack of defense mechanisms, since these diseases were foreign to them.
He added a new military system--Reagan instituted the "Star Wars" program increasing spending on missile systems.
Reagan's increase in military spending caused the Soviet Union to reply as they had in the past in the arms race with the US. The USSR was hurting financially and struggled to keep up with the arms race. This would eventually hurt the USSR's resources lending to collapse.
