<span>The issue of slavery was largely responsible for the party realignment that followed the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 because Abraham was the one who fought for the rights of black people in USA and he was the one who killed the racism.</span>
The Civil War And Destruction
Robert Fulton was the first to accomplish this task. By purchasing a steam engine built by James Watt, he was able to use the engine to power a 133-foot steamboat, the Clermont. In 1807, Robert Fulton's boat made a journey from New York City to Albany. By the 1830s, steamboats were the convention.