During the Civil War, Missouri was Union, but just barely. Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves in the ten rebelling states, and Missouri was not one of them. The Emancipation Proclamation did not outlaw the practice of slavery, it was a necessity of war. Sorry if I’m wrong
Along with independence from Britain, Thomas Paine proposed that the colonies take advantage of the massive amount of natural resources and untapped land to the west, so that they could expand their power and influence.
The Potsdam Conference<span>, </span>1945<span>. The Big Three—Soviet </span>leader<span> Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in </span>Potsdam<span>, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, </span>1945<span>, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.
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Post WW2. Mostly when Communism China was taking over Nationalist China. And especially that they both are Communist
