On 18 August, 1846 in Santa Fe
Stephen Kearny captured Santa Fe, without using firearms (guns, rifles, etc...). He did this as part of the Kearny expedition. During this time he ordered his men to help travelers from the Oregon Trail across the Great Plains, to avoid getting attacked by Native Americans.
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Explanation: The Lower South was a land of cotton and slavery, a land dominated economically by the plantation agriculture. In contrast, the Upper south was primarily the domain of slaveless yeoman farmers, an area largely devoid of cotton and other subtropical cash crops.
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They interfered with efforts to hold government officials accountable to constituents.
Explanation:
Before the dismantling of the political machines, the elected politician would usually just want to make life better for the ones who elected them. Many times, not even that. In political machines, there is a so called party whip structure with the boss or a few autocrats at the top. Only that was important and nothing more.