Because they wanted to avoid being involved in any other world wars.
Budget deficit. when the government spends more money than it collects in taxes. deficit financing. government policy of spending more money than it is able to bring in through revenues. budget surplus.
There was an annexation for Texas in 1845.
During WWII, women went to work in factories while the men were away from war, this actually helped the unemployment rate drop since women were actually being used for something other then just being a "house wife", which was common in that time. Since we were just coming out of the great depression, it was hard for America to have the money to actually make weapons and have a war that we could actually fight.
