The platform also called for a graduated income tax, direct election of Senators, a shorter workweek, restrictions on immigration to the United States, and public ownership of railroads and communication lines. The Populists appealed most strongly to voters in the South, the Great Plains, and the Rocky Mountains.
The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Mexico also gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America's southern boundary.
The Army of Northern Virginia was the most successful Confederate army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). With Robert E. Lee<span> at its head, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson commanding one of its corps, and J. E. B.</span>
The election of 1800 was so important because Thomas Jefferson was the first U.S. president from the Democratic-Republican party.
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and used in America. 102 passengers called "Pilgrims" boarded the British ship, The Mayflower, on September 16, 1620. They sailed from Plymouth, England.