Answer: As we go further along a food chain, there are fewer and fewer consumers. The further along the chain you go, the less food (and hence energy) remains available. In other words, a large mass of living things at the base is required to support a few at the top
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed by Congress as one provision of the Compromise of 1850. The harsh terms of the act angered many Northerners and contributed to the sectional division over slavery that led to the American Civil War.
The American society emerged in the years that followed World War II as the world's most productive and affluent society. Dramatic demographic changes that have resulted throughout the country as a result of a booming economy and a "baby boom".
