After watching this year's presidential debates, I would say I knew less about the candidates than I knew beforehand. What I saw made me suspect the entire process, "How can we in modern society get along if the two men competing for the most distinguished position of power in the world can't even be civil toward each other." I hope that in future debates, especially the presidential debates, we can find a way to communicate more civilly to strive towards a greater tomorrow.
At the time, the Lousiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States giving her power and resources(land, water, trade routes, minerals). It also gave America access to the ports in the area greatly aiding trade. The land had belonged to France before it was sold to America, so the purchase removed their presence in the area for the most part. It also fixed ties with France who had previously asked for aid in the French Revolution to which America said no; giving France money in the form of this purchase healed the connection slightly.
The Oregon territory officially belonged to Britain, but was mostly inhabited by Native Americans. It was a very large area that caused many disputes between the European colonists due to the fur-trade. America gained the land (segments of present-day Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and Montana) in 1859 when Oregon officially became a state. Many Native Americans were also sent here as America continued to gain territory. The giving over of the land was used to settle the boundary dispute between America and Britain.
Basically saying you don’t realize you’re repeating history until it’s too late
Well, if we are going to be entirely correct, Christopher Columbus never discovered America, but rather the Vikings did and he landed in Cuba, not mainland America. Anywho, he landed in 1492 with his three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
It would be "(2) creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)" that best illustrates the Cold War policy <span>of containment, since this organization represented a western "block" of countries that was meant to act as a counterbalance to the eastern "block" of communist countries. </span>