. . 1 Colonial America Lincoln's victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 and his opponents added together had only 123.:4:312, 1.1 Louisiana Date Slaves Historians agree that it is impossible to predict exactly how Reconstruction would have proceeded had Lincoln lived Biographers James G Randall and Richard Current according to David Lincove argue that:, 4.4 Brandywine Germantown and Saratoga Although most slaves had lives that were very restricted in terms of their movements and agency exceptions existed to virtually every generalization; for instance there were also slaves who had considerable freedom in their daily lives: slaves allowed to rent out their labor and who might live independently of their master in cities slaves who employed white workers and slave doctors who treated upper-class white patients. After 1820 in response to the inability to import new slaves from Africa and in part to abolitionist criticism some slaveholders improved the living conditions of their slaves to encourage them to be productive and to try to prevent escapes it was part of a paternalistic approach in the antebellum era that was encouraged by ministers trying to use Christianity to improve the treatment of slaves Slaveholders published articles in southern agricultural journals to share best practices in treatment and management of slaves; they intended to show that their system was better than the living conditions of northern industrial workers. The British largely abandoned their American Indian allies who were not a party to this treaty and did not recognize it until they were defeated militarily by the United States However the British did sell them munitions and maintain forts in American territory until the Jay Treaty of 1795. 8.2 Tidal Potomac USA, The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States and consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate the Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington D.C Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a gubernatorial appointment Congress has 535 voting members: 435 representatives and 100 senators the House of Representatives has six non-voting members representing Puerto Rico American Samoa Guam the Northern Mariana Islands the U.S Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia in addition to its 435 voting members Although they cannot vote in the full house these members can address the house sit and vote in congressional committees and introduce legislation. !
Richard Smith New Jersey 1 Yes Congress is constantly changing and is constantly in flux in recent times the American south and west have gained House seats according to demographic changes recorded by the census and includes more minorities and women although both groups are still underrepresented. While power balances among the different parts of government continue to change the internal structure of Congress is important to understand along with its interactions with so-called intermediary institutions such as political parties civic associations interest groups and the mass media. After 1830 abolitionist and minister William Lloyd Garrison promoted emancipation characterizing slaveholding as a personal sin He demanded that slaveowners repent and start the process of emancipation His position increased defensiveness on the part of some southerners who noted the long history of slavery among many cultures a few abolitionists such as John Brown favored the use of armed force to foment uprisings among the slaves as he did at Harper's Ferry Most abolitionists tried to raise public support to change laws and to challenge slave laws Abolitionists were active on the lecture circuit in the North and often featured escaped slaves in their presentations the eloquent Frederick Douglass became an important abolitionist leader after escaping from slavery Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) was an international bestseller and aroused popular sentiment against slavery it also provoked the publication of numerous anti-Tom novels by Southerners in the years before the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln's and the Republicans' political platform in 1860 was to stop slavery's expansion Historian James McPherson says that in a famous speech in 1858 Lincoln said American republicanism can be purified by restricting the further expansion of slavery as the first step to putting it on the road to 'ultimate extinction.' Southerners took Lincoln at his word When he won the presidency they left the Union to escape the 'ultimate extinction' of slavery.", New Mexico campaign George Washington Washington D.C. Business Directory. .
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