Which country decided to increase their spending on defense and improve their Navy so that it would be competitive with England?

Idon't really understand the question. it counts for 20% of my lesson grade and i really need putting the answer into words. anything will . i need asap so im awarding 30 points. a disagreement between states of the united states concerning the rights of states vs. the authority of the national government led to the civil war. state governments were forced by war into a subservient position. what might happen if national governments ceded their authority to a world government by international treaty?

How do you imagine life would be without the invention of the typewriter? would computers have been invented?

Using complete sentences, compare and contrast the leadership and accomplishments of martin luther king, jr. and frederick douglass.