Im going to assume its because a "lame duck" session only happened when congress meets after a election.
to work long hours at this point
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories ofKansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Actserved to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.
Answer: He called the "the people's Marshal" by his countrymen
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4. Mary Hayes
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Became known as Molly Pitcher for bringing the soldiers water while under fire. She too would take her husband’s place at a cannon
2. Margaret Corbin
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Took over firing a cannon after her husband was killed in battle - was hit by enemy fire herself
8. Abigail Adams
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Worked behind the scenes to try to gain more rights for women and for slaves.
1. Deborah Sampson
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pretended to be male and fought in the Continental Army
3. Hannah Blair
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had a farm in NC where she would hide patriots and supply them with food and medical care
6. Mercy Otis Warren
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Wrote a play about the British who were blockading Boston. The play helped to turn some that were initially Loyalists into Patriots.
7. Phyllis Wheatley
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Became the first African American woman, and the first slave, to publish a book of Patriotic poetry
5. Anne Marie Lane
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She enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, pretending to be a man. She fought in four major battles till she was wounded, and it was discovered that she was a woman
