Public Utilities are a vital part of our livelihood and well-being. Four examples of utilities that serve the public are gas, telephone, electric power, and water.
Answer: Kansas and Nebraska
Explanation:
Senator Stephen Douglas proposed the bill that became the Kansas-Nebraska Act as a way of getting southern support for Nebraska statehood. Douglas was seeking to bring Nebraska into the Union in order to bring those lands under government authority and lay the groundwork for building a Midwestern route of transcontinental railroad that would run to Chicago and benefit his state (Illinois). The compromise to gain support from the South was to create two states, Nebraska and Kansas, and allow voters in those areas to choose whether they'd be slave or free. The thought was that Kansas might end up as a slave state and Nebraska as a free state, thus maintaining the balance between free and slave states.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was enacted by Congress in 1854. It granted popular sovereignty to the people in the Kansas and Nebraska territories, letting them decide whether they'd allow slavery. In essence, this made the Kansas-Nebraska act a repeal of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had said there would be no slavery north of latitude 36°30´ except for Missouri.
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed into Kansas to try to sway the outcome of the issue, and violence between the two sides occurred. The term "bleeding Kansas" was used because of the bloodshed. Kansas and Nebraska ended up as free states, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act had allowed the possibility that slavery could become slave states.
Answer: Considering the six criteria that made up an enforceable contract:
(I) Offer and acceptance: There's no clear acceptance between Peter and BIG, because the peter responded with "Most likely", which implies that peter might later decline BIG's offer
(Ii) Mutual agreement : Peter response shows that he didn't understand the terms and conditions that made up the contract, so, there was no agreement between the too.
(Iii) Consideration wasn't been met
(Iv) competent parties: Both parties we're unable to understand the contract, so, they weren't competent
(V) legality of purpose: this also was not met, since there was no clear acceptance
(Vi) proper form: Peter response seems ambiguous, therefore, the contract wasn't enforceable
