Answer: Outside Invaders Threatened Border Areas
Explanation: There were string of military losses sustained against the Germanic Tribes. Rome has been at constant war with the Germanic Tribes for centuries and by 300 AD, a Tribal group called the Goths had encroached the borders of the Roman Empire. In the year 410, Visigoth King Alaric sacked the city of Rome. Then the Vandals tribe sacked Rome in 455 as well. It was in 476, when the Germanic Leader Odoacer staged a revolt and deposed of the Emperor Romulus Augustulus. It is at this moment that Western Rome falls and the Medieval Age begins as Europe falls into a dark age.
Answer:
A law of the United States Congress entitled "Pacific Railroad Act
Explanation:
A law of the United States Congress entitled "Pacific Railroad Act" where it was authorized to provide assistance for the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River (in the center of the country) to the Pacific Ocean coast, assuring the Government of use of it for postal, military and other purposes. The law was passed by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War and its objective was primarily military.
This law authorized extensive land concessions in the western United States and the issuance of 30-year government bonds (at 6% annual interest) for the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad ( Central Pacific Railroad) in order to both constitute the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
This was the great impulse to launch the railways throughout the country and ensure that the future is transported cargo in a more economical and efficient way
I'm not sure i tried my best ;(
To compete with other European countries,
To expand global influence
To compete with growing public perferance and reduction of truama from the revolutionary war
