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Southerners claimed that abolitionist victories were creating a "wedge" in the Union. What they meant by this was that people from the South -who heavily supported slavey in their territories- thought that as abolitionists' ideas spread to the northern states, these somehow weakened the Union in that these ideas confronted their people through so much debate. For the southerners, this represented an advantage and creation distraction while the South gained time and maintained slavery in the large plantations, producing the kinds of crops that moved their economy.
Were they correct? Not at all but they had a point in that so much debate on the issue of slavery and the increasing idea of abolitionism distracted decision-makers in the northern states. Those were the years were more supporters of abolition made their moves. For instance, in Rochester, New York, Frederick Douglass led the newspaper "The North Star," an abolitionist publication that somehow exerted pressure in the public opinion.
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D. It has a large military but a weak economy.
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The North Korean Army has one of the most active soldiers in the World as they use compulsory service for most citizens. This means that it's mandatory for a citizen must serve in the army for a certain amount of time. The country's economy is extremely weak and depends on Cold War Era technology to manufacture goods. Also, North Korea has been heavily sanctioned by the UN multiple times.
Self-government is, at root, a culture of public responsibility among a citizenry; that is, a widely accepted norm that citizens can and should take a role in public decision-making. People must believe that they have the right, duty, and ability to govern themselves
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Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, the Mexican Cession, the Erie Canal, the Homestead Act, the transcontinental railroad and the California Gold Rush are some examples of how the US started expanding its territory in the 1800s.
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