Well in the 1850's was a significant time where slavery occurs. As you probably know slavery was terrible on so many levels. Becuase of the different opinions on slavery their political values changed., Some values thought that slavery was okay while the other fought against it saying that slavery should end. Different sections such as Indiana and Illinois has strong opinions to keep slavery including the south when the rest of America did not feel so strongly.
During the reparations period, Germany received between 27 and 38 million marks in which the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland served. In addition, a loan of 800 million marks was to be raised (where more than 50 percent was from the United States, 25 percent in Britain and the balance of other European nations) to support the German currency and help in the payment of The repairs.