Answer: Washington is the only president to have been <em>unanimously elected by the Electoral College.</em> In both the election of 1789 and 1792 Washington received all votes from the Electoral College. During the first election, Washington won the electors of all ten eligible states.
No economic regulations: During the Victorian Age, there were no regulations regarding the economy and therefore employers could pay poorly and work their workers for 12+ hours.
The combination of low pay, long hours, and child labor allowed employers to make big money while not passing it on to the worker. The time was marked by a belief in Social Darwinism, meaning people believed it was natural that some would be wealthy and some would be poor.
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The term "Antebellum" comes from the Latin meaning "before the war". It refers to the period from 1800 to the beginning of the Civil war in 1860. There were some important social classes that existed during that time. The upper class was made of the richest, wealthiest people. They usually owned large plantations and lived in the country. These plantations grew crops like cotton or tobacco. This class also owned slaves ususally 20 of them. This class was the smallest of the social classes but it was also the most powerful. The middle class was made up of people like doctors, lawyers, and bussiness men. They usually lived in cities and were very educated. They usually did not own many slaves, if at all any. The lower class was a large uneducated class. They usually did not own any land and had few skills. There were also many slaves in the antebellum south. Slaves were African Americans who were considered property by their owners. They were often treated very poorly by their masters and had no legal rights. About 30% of the population was made up of slaves.
I'd see it as though they were waiting for the Nile River to flood, since that's pretty much the main river of Egypt, I believe.
The Nile provided them with water, fish, water for farming and drinking, and a way of transportation.
