They did a trading chain and traded items
They opposed to the fifteenth amendment because they wanted women to be included with african - american men. It led to the woman's rights act and they wanted to focus more on women and how they should be treated as fairly as men.
The rainy day is a symbol of life. The idea behind it is that life is like a rainy day because rain represents bad things that happens to you. The poem points out that we shouldn't be miserable because of it because even when there's rain, there's always sunshine behind it so just keep calm and carry on with life and things will get better.
Basically, before 1973, the president had more power over the military and had more freedom to command the military as the president wished. This was seen in Vietnam which turned out to be a disaster. It was decided to limit the president's military power, and he would need the consent of congress to whatever operation he planned to do.
summary: limit president's military power
Thomas Paine
wrote the pamphlet called common sense