Another election is quite recent and it happened in 2000. In the elections between Al Gore, the Democratic candidate, and George Bush, the Republican candidate, the popular vote went to Al Gore, but the winner of the elections was George Bush because of the electoral votes. The elections were narrow and Florida votes were deciding on who the president would be. There was a lot of controversy and recounting and also the fact that Florida governor was Jeb Bush, George's brother, so many naturally accused them of rigging it. It went to the Supreme court and the votes were after a close struggle awarded to George Bush who became the president.
It would be an "embargo" that occurs when one nation refuses all trade with another, although usually these embargo's only apply to a single group of goods, not all goods at the same time.
"stop the spread of Communism" since the US was still undertaking a role of communist "containment" around the globe.
One reason factory owners employed children because they were significantly cheaper than hiring an adult. "the child is paired one shilling or one shilling and six pence". This shows that it's more cost efficient to hire a child.
Another reason factory owners employed children because of their size. Here is a quote to support this "The smallest child in the factories were scavengers they go under the machine". This shows that if the child is smaller they can do more dangerous jobs than an adult.
Jews were encouraged to leave the country, they forced Jews out of schools and professions like medicine and teaching, they banned Jew/Non-Jew relationships, segregation, forced them to wear the Star of David. The Nazis started off small, but eventually took away huge rights for them.