I have chose primary source to be the answer. Check out the definition of "primary source." secondary wouldn't make sense here.
Answer:
Before the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and other leaders of the anti-slavery Republican Party sought not to abolish slavery but merely to stop its extension into new territories and states in the American West. This policy was unacceptable to most Southern politicians, who believed that the growth of free states would turn the U.S. power structure irrevocably against them. In November 1860, Lincoln’s election as president signaled the secession of seven Southern states and the formation of the Confederate States of America. Shortly after his inauguration in 1861, the Civil War began. Four more Southern states joined the Confederacy, while four border slave states in the upper South remained in the Union.
Explanation:
Their strategy was to <span>concentrate on defeating Germany first before turning on Japan
They made a deal to take Europe and Africa before going eastwards. This is why the United States first went to Normandy to help liberation from the West, while the Soviets pushed to Berlin from the East. After they liberated Europe and Africa, they focused on Japan where the war ended quickly because of the nuclear weapons.</span>
In Federalist No. 78, Hamilton said that the Judiciary branch of the proposed government would be the weakest of the three branches because it had "no influence over either the sword or the purse, ...It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment." Federalist No. 78 quotes Montesquieu<span>: "Of the three powers [...], the judiciary is next to nothing." There was little concern that the judiciary might be able to overpower the political branches; since Congress controlled the flow of money and the President the military, courts did not have nearly the same clout from a constitutional design standpoint. </span>
