Answer:
The economy plummeted sharply in 1973
Explanation:
The economy actually grew in 1973 by 5.65%, but then it fell sharply, and fell byn -0.5 in 1974.
The reason for this drop was the 1973 oil crisis, after several Oil-exporting Arab Nations, launched an embargo against countries that had supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War, among these, the United States.
This embargo was very negative for the American economy, because the United States depended on these Arab Nations for its oil supply. Oil became scarce, which made energy, fuel, gasoline, and so on, more expensive. This naturally depressed economic activity because producing goods or services was now more expensive, or even impossible.
Answer:
Right choice is:
b. to collect scientific and practical information of the land.
Explanation:
The main purpose of the expedition was to explore and map the new territory recently acquired, the Louisiana Purchase, find a route to the West and the Pacific and establish an American presence before Britain or other powers would do it. The secondary goals were scientific and economic: to get to know the flaura and the fauna and make trade contacts with the Indians.
China decided who should control Kashmir
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation that was made amidst the Civil War. The proclamation went into effect on January 1, 1863. The proclamation stipulated that all slaves were free in states that were still in rebellion against the Union. This proclamation impact the 11 states that were still in rebellion at the time. The order was made under the President's Constitutional authority as commander and chief of the U.S. military and was not a law that was passed by Congress.
