The aftermath of the Civil War was exhilarating, hopeful and violent. Four million newly freed African Americans faced the future of previously-unknown freedom from the old plantation system, with few rights or protections, and surrounded by a war-weary and intensely resistant white population.
When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957, it set off the space race with the United States.
Both countries wanted to be the dominant country when it came to Space and for America, this meant changing educational priorities.
STEM became the focus as young people were encouraged to use their mind to help get America further into the stars.
America spend quite a lot of money to land the first man on the Moon and eventually moved on to other priorities.
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According to Klaus Klostermaier, the term Vaidika dharma is the earliest self-designation of Hinduism. According to Arvind Sharma, the historical evidence suggests that "the Hindus were referring to their religion by the term vaidika dharma or a variant thereof" by the 4th-century CE
True, if this is about WW1 the germans rapidly moved through Belgium ignoring thier neutrality in the conflict.