In what ways did methods of communication improve in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Is karma the same as destiny, in the sense that everything that happens to you is predetermined? do you believe that "what goes around comes around," and if so is this the same as karma? does everyone get what they deserve, in the end?

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.

Which two tribes were closely related allies of the wichita? a. the lions and the kiowa apache b. the kadohadacho and the pawnee c. the osage and the quapaw d. the tawakoni and the waco