A set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, that attempted to give something to both sides. The south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. Texas lost territory but was compensated with 10 million dollars to pay for its debt. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington DC, but slavery was not.
Immigrants supported political machines because they provided jobs and services
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Nothing could have prevented the autumn of Rome. to place it in perspective, the Roman Empire lasted an extended time by any standard. The Romans were as brutal as their times but they were excellent administrators, builders, and their army was first rate (the navy, not so much) right up to the bitter end.
The voting concept is based on poplar soverignty
