Longitude measures the number of degrees EAST or WEST of the Prime Meridian which runs through Greenwich, England.
Lines of latitude run east-west around the globe and are used to measure distances NORTH and SOUTH of the equator.
The 3/5ths compromise voted that for every 5 black people that voted, 3 of their votes would count compared to the 5 to 5 by white voters.
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In addition to the archaeological legacy discussed above, there remains from this period the earliest literary record of Indian culture, the Vedas. Composed in archaic, or Vedic, Sanskrit, generally dated between 1500 and 800 BCE, and transmitted orally, the Vedas comprise four major texts—the Rig-, the Sama-, the Yajur-, and the Atharvaveda. Of these, the Rigveda is believed to be the earliest. The texts consist of hymns, charms, spells, and ritual observations current among the Indo-European-speaking people known as Aryans (from Sanskrit arya, “noble”), who presumably entered India from the Iranian regions.
The correct answer is Abraham Lincoln
This was at the beginning of the civil war. The south relied on foreigners to get their necessary goods like manufactured products or weaponry or similar things and they also relied on the ports to get their politicians to Europe and try to get recognized as an independent country. Lincoln blocked their ports with Northern ships in order to prevent them from doing this.
