Signed into law in May 1862, the Homestead Act<span>opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. By the end of the Civil War, 15,000 </span>homestead<span> claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years.</span>
The answer would be a brought an end to the reconstruction
After the second world war, the occupation of the German and Austrian regions was managed by 4 major powers: France, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Soviet Union. The goals of these powers was twofold.
The first was the purging of National Socialist elements from Germany. After the war, thousands of Nazis escaped capture by the allies, with many returning to their lives as civilians. The occupying forces were attempting to ensure that these individuals would not exert major influence, and that Nazism would not rise again in post-war Germany. Here's an interesting orientation video produced by the US army during the post-war occupation period:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-EjnQwqbaQ
The second of these goals was the establishment of two new German states. The Soviet Union laid the ground work for what would become the communist German Democratic Republic in the late 1940s in the eastern half of Germany, while the allies established a market-liberal counterpart (the Federal Republic of Germany) in the west.
The difference of the modern era and the Middle ages is very evident if we look around us. In the middle ages, they do not have the following things:
Flush toilets
<span>Penicillin </span>
<span>Teslas and Corvettes </span>
<span>Aircraft </span>
<span>Cellphones </span>
<span>Laptop Computers </span>
<span>Wipes for the masses </span>
<span>Underarm Deodorant </span>
<span>Frozen dinners </span>
<span>Microwave ovens </span>
<span>Electric chair </span>
<span>GPS </span>
<span>Google Maps </span>
<span>Both studied abroad.Both got into trouble with the religious orders.Both had a foe who was a priest, who was in love with their girlfriend.Both had a girlfriend who was the daughter of a priest.Both “died” in a lake.Both their girlfriends were raped in a temple/convent by their enemy priest.Both returned to their country to seek revenge/justice.<span>Both returned under a different identity: Imuthis became “The Sphinx” while Ibarra became “Simoun”.</span></span>
