Political Parties and Third Parties try to influence congress by expressing their ideas of what should be done for the welfare of whatever they believe in and by choosing a member of the group to run for president to even further expand their success in the belief they hold on to.<span />
The Framers added a process for amending, or changing, the Constitution in Article V. Since 1789, the United States has added 27 amendments to the Constitution. ... These first amendments were designed to protect individual rights and liberties, like the right to free speech and the right to trial by jury.
One of the effects was the North asking the South to free the slaves. However, the south did not want to, and so it became the reason for the North to get ready for the Civil War.
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The Battle of Lake Erie was an extremely important naval campaign because it boosted the morale of the American troops and gave them security from an invasion from the North