When FDR was campaigning for his first term in office, the economy was still very much in the throes of the Great Depression.
Indeed, it was still very much in the throes of the Great Depression when FDR campaigned for his second term, although things were improving.
Answer:
13. Louis hired (and eventually fired) a chain of administrators who could not find a solution to the growing economic crisis.
14. Between summer 1788 and spring 1789, famine struck (food shortage).
Explanation:
Both answers can be found in the text.
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Whig party could not agree on the issue of slavery. This hurt them and
caused them to endorse the constitutional union during the election of
1860 which was attempting to keep the union together. But by not taking a
side on slavery this third-party had little to no chance at winning the
election. The Republican Party was able to receive the most votes (all
from the north) which caused them to win the election.
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A. The Congo
King Leopold II of Belgium essentially ran the Congo as his own personal colony. He took much ivory out of the region (from elephant tusks), and used forced labor to harvest rubber from vines in the Central African rainforest. You could say his "successes" influenced other European countries to want in on the action. The European powers met at the Berlin Conference, setting up the "Scramble for Africa." The various European powers determined how they would limit conflicts with one another as they each pursued imperialistic goals on the African continent. The conference of representatives of European nations met in Berlin from November 15, 1884 until February 26, 1885. The United States also took part in the conference. It is sometimes known as the Congo Conference because it was prompted by King Leopold II of Belgium establishing the so-called "Congo Free State" under his personal rule.
