<h3>Because of Douglas's political stature, the campaign attracted national attention. Its outcome, it was thought, would determine the ability of the Democratic party to maintain unity in the face of the divisive sectional and slavery issues, and some were convinced it would determine the viability of the Union itself.</h3>
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<span>Vespucci realized the land he was exploring was a separate continent and not part of Asia, as he and many others believed at the time. The continents of North and South America are named after him.</span>
A union of independent sovereign states is called confederacy.
A confederacy is an association of sovereign states or communities. Confederacy may include tribes, states or communities.
In a confederacy states or people join together for a particular purpose, usually related to politics or trade.
In the American Civil War, Confederacy was the group of southern states that fought to leave the United States and keep slavery.
