Wright Mills meant “cheerful robots'' by the Americans were not exercising their right to freedom and just being like robots
<u>Explanation:</u>
Wright Mills was a sociologist and always stood for equality in the society and to improve the conditions of the society. In the year 1959, he stated the words of America people being cheerful robots and by stating this he meant that the people of the United States of America were being like robots who were only listening to the officials of the government.
They were not exercising their right to question the official. They were just simply listening to what the government was saying or doing for them or not questioning the employers. Freedom of choice was not being exercised.
The person was Abraham Lincoln:
- Defeated for State Legislature
- Defeated for Speaker of State Legislature
- Defeated for Nomination for Congress
- He lost the renomination
- Defeated for Senate
- Defeated for Nomination as Vice-President
- Again Defeated for Senate
And yet, he was one of the most influential personalities of the USA and a great example of persistence.
Answer: The Magna Carta which gave the government the power to tax!
The party divided into southern and northern factions
