Background information: GDP is the nation's gross domestic product, a measure of its total economic
output. This graph was created by the Congressional
Budget Office
Government spending on Medicare and Medicaid
increased by of GDP between 1965 and
2005
The greatest increase in spending, by percentage,
occurred between

after the roman empire, the catholic church began to unify by taking on many duties of a government.

c. troops marched forward in close formation against newer, more accurate weapons

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.