A group that wanted to end slavery was the Abolitionist movement of the late 1700s and early 1800.
It was an effort in the USA that promoted the belief that all men are created equal. With time the abolitionists grew bold in their demands while slave owners resisted and became entrenched in opposing the abolitionists, a situation that fuelled regional divisiveness that ultimately resulted in the American civil war.
The abolitionist kept pressing the Lincoln administration to end slavery and in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was made.
1) Fulton's Folly: It was a steamboat by Robert Fulton. He did not invent it as some credited him for, but he was the first to make a commercial success out of it. The boat carried paying passengers from New York up to Albany.
2) Tom Thumb: The Tom Thumb was a steam locomotive that was used to showcase the American potential to create engine to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
3) The airplane: The airplane was a success, it was first used in WWI for combat, later people started to use it to transport mail. In WWII it was used as a mode of transportation. Later it was transformed as a common way of transport for all the people.
4) The Model T: The Model T was a car that was produced by Ford Motors. It was very common because it’s price and because of this middle-class Americans were able to buy it and use it was a way of transport.
Answer: Bahinabai
Bahinabai (1628–1700 AD) or Bahina or Bahini is a Varkari female-saint from Maharashtra, India. She is considered as a disciple of another Varkari poet-saint Tukaram.
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During the Iran Contra scandal, it was uncovered that the Reagan administration was providing illegal aid to anti-communist rebels in Central America.
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The Iran-Contra scandal, also known as Irangate, was a political event that took place in 1985 and 1986, in which senior officials of the United States government, under the administration of President Ronald Reagan, facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, a country against which an arms embargo weighed. Both operations, the sale of arms and the financing of the Contra, were prohibited by the US Senate.
The operation to sell arms to Iran produced more than 47 million dollars, money that was managed by Oliver North through a network of bank accounts in Switzerland and was used, mainly, to finance the aggression against the government of Nicaragua and support to the Contra.
