Do you think it was a brave decision for gooding to write to lincoln? what do you think the results of his letter might have been?

One might consider that it is brave to contest the president about your own pay. I personally, consider that it was something that one in his situation must do. Gooding help to bring up the hypocrisy of having the African Americans helping with the war while treating them as second class citizens. In the end, Congress did equalize the pay, but sadly, Gooding died as a prisoner of war at Andersonville.

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.

you can't, there's no way sorry