The Treaty of Versailles caused problems in the future because it treated Germany in a very harsh manner. The people of Germany were angered by the harsh and, in their minds, unfair treatment. In addition, the treaty weakened the German economy, leading to economic problems that also angered Germans.
Massachusetts had to hire its own army to put down Shays' Rebellion. The solution was to find a middle way, a blueprint of government in which the powers were shared and balanced between the states and national interests. That compromise, woven into the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, became known as federalism.
Some southerners threatened to secede over California's application for statehood during the middle of the 19th century because California would enter the US as a free state.
This means the state would not have slavery. Along with this, it would mean that there would be more representatives in Congress (aka the House of Representatives and the Senate) that are free states than slave states. This situation puts the southerners at risk, as the free states could make laws that would get rid of the institution of slavery. At this time, almost the entire south's economy depended on slavery.
I believe it's "<span>the source of the Mississippi River."
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