westward expansion and economic prosperity
With the regards to the statement that if not for Americans participating in WWI, Prohibition would not happen, this statement is <u>false</u>.
<h3>Why is this statement false?</h3>
The movement to enact prohibition was already growing strongly before the First World War broke out.
In fact, before the U.S. joined the war, those in support of Prohibition had majorities in the two houses of Congress. WWI was merely an event that sped up the rate of prohibition and without it, Prohibition would have still happened at a later stage.
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In the 1930's Japan went to war with China. The United States supported China and placed a trade embargo on Japan so they couldn't get any supplies from the United States, particularly oil that might fuel Japan's military conquests.<span />
<span>Unlike Portuguese explorers, Columbus believed that he could get to Asia more quickly by sailing west rather than east.
The Portuguese searched for Asia going west, sailing around the southern tip of Africa, whereas Columbus went west, which is the reason he came across America whilst searching for India. </span>