Answer: Because, predominantly in the agricultural Western region of the United States, the demand for cheap labor was extremely high at the time. The source of this cheap labor were Mexican immigrants.
April 12th, 1861 - May 9, 1865
Pericles was more of politician while Confucius has been classified by many as a philosopher. The idea that they had different positions and were from very different parts of the world made them very distinct figures. Pericles was more academic and war oriented focusing on establishing sound social and political structures. Confucius promoted the goodness in people and the service to others as a way to be spiritually free.
Lincoln was worried about Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware because they were all border states during the civil war. He was worried that they would transform into complete slave states. If they did, the north wouldn’t have much more land and the north would have lost the civil war. He wanted to contain them.
