Slavery was THE great debate of the 1850's as was the question of continuing a union that threatened the lives and property of the South. It caused Lincoln's election in 1860 and fueled the movement to secession and war. Slavery was the dividing point over which there was a limit to the compromises that could be effected. It clearly drove the decade as it had shaped the whole century.
A major feature of the restructuring period was that
<span>new legislation and constitutional amendments attempted to provide equal rights and opportunities for blacks the south. The aim was to maintain republican control of the house.</span>
Many tribes also took legal action to prevent strip mining or spraying of pesticides on Indian lands. The best known of all Indian Power<span> groups was the </span>American<span> Indian</span>Movement<span> (AIM), formed by a group of Chippewas in Minneapolis in 1966 to protest alleged police brutality.</span>
Europeans desired a direct sea route to Asia, because the land trade routes were expensive and dangerous
The people who were persecuted during Hitler's reign were the Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies, Women, Children, Disabled people, and many more. Pretty much everyone who didn't follow his set of rules or wasn't the way he liked were persecuted. The Nazis targeted these people simply because Hitler wanted them gone. They were targeted for ethnic reasons, religious reasons, political beliefs, and even their sexual orientation.
