Why did a number of nations join to form nato in 1949?

What does the quote describe? “the closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us….the shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable.”

During the age of imperialism, suez canal connected which two bodies of water?

The party that holds a majority in a state house or senate will designate one member to be the who is usually responsible for getting the necessary votes for legislation and enforcing party discipline a. governor b. majority leader c. mainority leader d. serveant at arms