During the Cold War, the United States supported the military dictatorship in D. The Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo is known for its rich supply of natural resources, but lack of infrastructure.
The Republican Party platform stated that slavery would not be allowed to spread any further into the territories. The Republicans also promised to support tariffs that protected Northern industry, a Homestead Act granting free farmland in the West to settlers, and the funding of a transcontinental railroad.
Article VII stipulated that nine states had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect.
