They sometimes gain enough votes to cause a major party to lose
(Reasoning that might help you) There are usually only two major parties that have the most power in United States politics ,even though those parties have changed over time .Third party candidates ,how ever are still are still able to influence elections.A third party can gain votes from people who would have other wise voted for one of the major parties, and enough of these votes can cause the major party to lose .One of the most famous times this occurred was in the 1912 presidential election,When Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose party signed voters who would have supported the Republican William Taft . The Republican votes was split between Roosevelt Taft,so the democrat Woodrow Wilson won the election.
The majority of passengers on the Underground Railroad were slaves
escaping to freedom.
The Underground Railroad was a secret network organized by people who helped men, women and children escape from slavery to freedom. It provided hiding places, food and transportation for the fugitives.
<em>The escaping slaves were called the passengers</em> and the helpers conductors or engineers.
Henry 'box' Brown was born as a slave in Virginia. In order to escape slavery, he was put into a wooden box in which he traveled in a variety of wagons, railroads, steamboats, ferries and a delivery wagon. He arrived safely in Philadelphia. He became the symbol of the Underground Railroad Freedom Movement that helped many slaves escape from slavery to slavery free states.
To starve aposing countrys of needed money for goods
Answer: George Rogers Clark
Explanation: The Siege of Fort Vincennes was a Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana won by a militia led by American commander George Rogers Clark over a British garrison led by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, the battle started on February 23, 1779 and ended February 25, 1779.
