It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England). The pilgrims, who come from all layers of society, tell stories to each other to kill time while they travel to Canterbury.
1. a centralist is a latin American politicians who favored strong, centralized national governments with broad powers
& a federalist is a Latin American politicians who wanted tax and commercial policies to be set by regional government, rather than a centralized government
2. centralists are conservative politicians & federalists are liberal politicians
Both factory workers and slaves had to work long hours, and working conditions weren’t as sanitary as they are today.
The Vietnam War faced mass opposition for several reasons inlcuding:
1) Unfair draft practices- Many citizens who were affluent and had connections were able to avoid being drafted by the US military. This resulted in a majority of the soldiers being individuals from lower-middle class socioeconomic groups. Many citizens felt that this was unfair, an dubbed Vietnam a rich man's fought that happened to be fought by the poor.
2) Monetary cost- The Vietnam War cost America billions of dollars over the course of the 2 decades of their involvement in trying to keep South Vietnam out of the control of the Soviet Union/communism.
3) Casualties- The US military suffered over 50,000 deaths due to this war. Americans felt that this was unacceptable.
