The veterans are around 50-60 years old
Stephen Douglas won the Illinois Senate seat despite Abraham Lincoln won the popular vote because the Democrats won more seats in legislature and they re-elected Douglas. During 1858, Senate Elections results lie not on the hands of the people but on the state legislature. Hence, even if Lincoln got the most votes from people, Douglas still emerged as the winner.
The Hebrews were originally desert nomads. Their religion - Judaism was the oldest monotheistic religion ( the worship of one God - Jahweh ).Judaism originated in the Middle East around 1500 BC. The central ideas and laws of Judaism are contained in sacred texts such as the Torah.
The God created the Earth, but man broke his law. Jewish people were chosen by God and given rules to live by "Ten commandments". Hebrews believed in the practice of ethical behavior ( acting based on ideas what is right and wrong ).
Key people in Judaism are: Abraham, Moses and king David. God told Abraham to leave his home in Mesopotamia and to settle in Canaan. A leader named Moses led his people out of slavery in Egypt in a journey called Exodus.
The Hebrews believed that they:
- were chosen people of the God,
- God was fair and just.
Because he kept people employees employed through the depression and created the V8 engine.
