What became the largest slave state in the world, and the destination of over half of all African slaves?
Brazil
The CPI or Committee of Public Information/Creel committee was founded during WW1.
It was an independent US government agency, headed by George Creel. It was established April 13, 1917.
The CPI had a solid purpose; The goal was to gain influence over the public opinion, in order to gain US support and US participation in WW1.
One of the reasons why stock bought on margin is considered a risky investment is because "Investors purchased the stocks with little cash down," meaning that they had to borrow the remained of the money.
After World War II, much of Europe was devastated and needed to be rebuilt. However the countries had no money because they spent it all during the war. No taxes could be collected because the people were poor and had hardly anything to eat. The United States at this time was the richest nation in the world. Although Russia was an ally during the war against Germany, the relationship changed after the war and it was feared that unless Western Europe rise quickly again, it would fall into communist hands. The United States came up with the Marshall Plan and offered to help the European countries to recover from the effects of the war. Russia and its allies turned down the offer of assistance. The Marshall plan was a success and all the countries who accepted help recovered.
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