One of the main reasons why <span>some of the slaveholding states decided not to join the confederacy is because although they supported slavery, they were also patriotic, and felt that the Union needed to stay together no matter what the cost. </span>
The correcte answer is: "The Catholic Church unified different kingdoms of Europe under the umbrella of the Church."
The Church in the Middle Ages was a very powerful institution since it was a deeply religious age. That is why the Catholic Church had a great influence on society and, although there were other creeds, in the 11th century Europe was largely Christian.
Beyond the borders that separated the European kingdoms a new concept of union was born: Christianity.
A thousand years ago almost all of Western Europe began to be called Christianity, because all its kingdoms accepted the authority of the Pope and all its inhabitants professed Christianity. All Christian territories were considered a single empire and their most important figures were the Pope and the emperor. The Church was then very powerful; the bishops and abbots had large tracts of land; the clergy, who were almost the only cultured people, were in charge of educating the young, helping the poor and being the chief advisors of the kings.
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D. Patricians held the political power and did not want to allow the common people a voice in government.
Swami Vivekananda is a true hero and a unifying force in a diverse society. He was a Hindu Monk as well as a disciple of the nineteenth-century Indian Mystic Ramakrishna. He was key to the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga (Indian Philosophies) to the Western world. He was also involved in raising Hinduism's status as a major world religion. Finally, he was credited with raising the interfaith awareness. He is seen as a hero and a unifying force in a diverse society because of his beliefs that all religions are equal.
