How were the ideas in the mayflower compact similar to john locke’s later idea of a social contract?

In the making of Mayflower Compact, it drew two strong traditions. First was the conception of the social contract and the belief in the covenant. The Pilgrims used covenant to set up congregations while the Mayflower Compact is a covenant that the people agreed upon.

the space race was a battle to make advanced technology to get to the moon and to get a better understanding of space.

president carter called the victims of kidnapping "victims of terrorism and anarchy" and added that the united states was not going to give in to blackmail. in the united states, they see hostage-taking as an outrage on the part of the islamist movement that violated the principle of international law on the immunity and inviolability of diplomats and their embassies.

carter refused to yield to the demands, khomeini used the situation to consolidate his power and nullify the challenges of the moderate wing of his government, headed by its president. the euphoria over the humiliation of the most powerful nation distracted the iranian people from the economic difficulties of their country. carter, in april 1980, broke diplomatic relations with iran and imposed a trade embargo, except medicine and food. iranian funds in the us they were frozen and accounted for to compensate the hostages when they were released and to pay the demands of us companies against iran.