Building through the Sierra Nevada Mountains was very difficult and dangerous. Temperatures were freezing during the winter and in one year alone there were 44 storms.There was the great danger of an avalanche for the men working through 18 feet of snow and camping on the tunnels beneath it. Creating tunnels through the mountains required blasting with nitroglycerin. Advancing at one foot of mountain at a time, a total of 11 tunnels was created.
Answer:
The Democratic Party was the party of slavery, and is the party of unequal treatment based on race, rather than equal opportunity based on merit.
Explanation:
Andrew Jackson was related to the Democratic Party, as it was widely known with it's history of impeding on people's rights based on skin-color or national origin. He also was the embodiment of many of the beliefs of the Democratic Party. Firstly, he embraced the usage of slavery, and was a ardent holder of slaves. The Democratic Party had always worked for keeping the institution of slavery as a means of not only workforce and profit, but also as a way to degrade "non-whites" into being second-class humans, (also commonly known as sub-humans). Piggy-backing off of the issue of slavery, Jackson also campaigned against many of the Native American tribes that were located to the west of the then-US, starting wars and taking lands from the defeated Native American tribes. Again, the Native American tribes were classified as sub-humans, and did not receive any benefits that would generally be implied to a white-US citizen.
This led to the unpopularity of Jackson within the Whig-Republican circles, and he was succeeded by Martin van Buren.
The Alien and Sedition Acts were imposed in 1798, the acts of which made it more difficult for immigrants to become citizens in America, as they were seen as potential threats to National Security. Difficulties such as prolonging the years of residency required for citizenship, deportation and imprisonment, and lack of freedom of speech were all part of the acts that intended to enfeeble the Democratic-Republican party, but rather strengthened the party in the upcoming election in 1800 due to antithetical feedback it received.
The acts represent the importance of National Security by the Federalists, due to the fact that they were imposed by a Federalist controlled Congress.
A letter from a soldier who fought in the Napoleonic Wars is considered a primary source.
