In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln was trying to keep the United States together. It was an unsuccessful plea; less than one month after his inaugural speech, the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War.
Lincoln did not believe in the expansion of slavery, and had already won the election of 1860, which was the final event in a series of occurrences that deepened the growing conflict between northern and southern states. Lincoln's name did not even appear on the ballot in a single Southern state, yet he won the election. The more populated North had outvoted the South. Southerners were now convinced that their voices were not being heard. Led by South Carolina, nine southern states had already seceded from the Union at the time of Lincoln's speech.
The answer is B. No.
The workers were not highly skilled but were prepared to work for lower wages and salaries. That's why people disliked them, because they felt that their jobs were being taken away by people who are willing to work for low wages and live in poverty just to earn something.
Answer:
2. Judiciary act of 1789
3. Washington's Precedents
4. First Cabinet
5. Judiciary act of 1789
6. Washington's Precedents
World War II the chief Allied powers were Great Britain, France (except during the German occupation, 1940–44), the Soviet Union (after its entry in June 1941), the United States (after its entry on December 8, 1941), and China.
The leaders of the Allies were Franklin Roosevelt (the United States), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (the Soviet Union).
<em>Much has been said of the impropriety of representing slaves. But representation and taxation go together. </em>
D. The Three-Fifths Compromise
