It allowed the spread of ideas!
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research, journals, poems, surveys
On March 11, 1888, one of the worst blizzards in American history strikes the Northeast, killing more than 400 people and dumping as much as 55 inches of snow in some areas. New York City ground to a near halt in the face of massive snow drifts and powerful winds from the storm. At the time, approximately one in every four Americans lived in the area between Washington D.C. and Maine, the area affected by the Great Blizzard of 1888.
The most significant thing about Obama's election in 2008 was that he was the first black president to ever hold the presidency.