“during the 1970’s, americans’ political and economic confidence in their nation’s global influence substantially diminished.” support, modify, or refute this statement.

During the 1970's, America was going through major changes. New nations grew around the world, there were insurrectionary movements that looked forward to end existing governments, and settled countries increased their economic power, which represented a rival for the U.S.

In the social sphere, there was a rise of movements looking for equality (African-Americans, gay people and women), and anti-Vietnam war movements. In the political and economical field, high inflation, high energetic cost, difficulties to compete with low cost imports, and high unemployment rates represented major challenges for every president during this decade, and America's economy eventually got sunk into a deep recession.

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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a more perfect union: the creation of the u.s. constitution. the vote was unanimous. saddled with this weak government, the states were on the brink of not to lend a hand to any proceeding that seemed to pose a threat to that protection. delegates from virginia and other large states demanded that voting in