In haiti, the dictators are gone, democracy has a new day, the flow of desperate refugees to our shores has subsided. -- president clinton, 1996 state of the union address why was this statement significant to the american public at the time?

first industrial revolution - the first wave of the industrial revolution lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. it industrialized the manufacture of textiles and began the move of production from homes to factories. steam power and the cotton gin played an important role in this period.

charles lindbergh hope this