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<span>The First Amendment grants U.S. citizens the right to peaceably assemble. It also guarantees the people the freedom of religious practice, the freedom for individuals to speak freely, and the right to petition, or make a formal request to, the government.</span>
The main reason why the building of canals slowed in the 1830s and 1840s was because "Railroads started in America at this time" and the five ways in which the South was affected would be "Slaves became more important and valuable" "Land under production declined" "Southern attitudes about slavery hardened" "Cotton became the principal southern crop" and "<span>Cotton became a major U.S. export", since there was never a Caste system in the South. </span>
Before Polk, the United States and Mexico had boundaries along the Rio Grande River. Texas and Polk claimed that America's southern border ran down to the river south of the United States' positon back then. They had a war, but Mexico lost and U.S kept expanding.
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