President Eisenhower condemned their aggression. He put the US Strategic Air Command on alert and threatened sanctions, ultimately forcing the British, French and Israelis to withdraw.
After Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal in October, 1956 (taking ownership and control of it for Egypt), Israel sent troops into the Sinai region to challenge the Egyptians. British and French forces joined the Israelis within two days. The European powers were interested in maintaining their stake in the control of the Suez Canal. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev threatened major retaliation, including nuclear missiles, against Britain and France if they did not withdraw. (The Soviet Union was a sponsor of Egypt.) America's response, issued by Eisenhower, was less radical, but still strong, threatening economic sanctions. The "Suez Crisis," as it became known, thus ended within months. The British and French withdrew troops in December, 1956, and Israel pulled its forces back by March of 1957.
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Economic activity increases
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When the government lowers the interest rates, there is generally (and this is hoped for as well) an increase in the amount of credit available and used in the marketplace. The general hope is that the public will use the lower interest rates to buy, build, and spend.
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The establishment of colonies across the Mediterranean permitted the export of luxury goods such as fine Greek pottery, wine, oil, metalwork, and textiles, and the extraction of wealth from the land - timber, metals, and agriculture (notably grain, dried fish, and leather), for example - and they often became lucrative ...
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The legislative branch itself serves as a check for the executive and judicial branches. It does this by being one out of three branches of the government through which power is shared and dispersed equally. Is that what you were asking for?
