The arms race, people wanted to have a good strong army in their country, to help protect their people and keep them safe.
By the mid-1920's, the United States had adopted an immigration policy that severely limited the number of immigrants that came from each country into the United States. The 1920's was a time of prosperity and happiness and the government didn't want to ruin that by allowing a lot of people from different nations into America. <span />
Taiwan became important because an exile government of China was formed there that claimed to be the rightful government of China. This caused China to have two governments, one that ruled China which was the communist one and one in exile which claimed their right to have power over China but couldn't actually use that power in any way. The problem still exists today and other countries have mostly been neutral on this question.
Economic problems began to sap at the North’s effort for an
effective reconstruction. Even public support
for reconstruction starts to decline. At
this point, Southerners call for an end to the Reconstruction. Though support was now declining, Congress
was still able to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1875 as part of its efforts to implement
the terms of the 14th and 15th Amendments.
