Most immigrants came from Ireland due to the potato famine.
Explanation:
One of the most devastating things to happen to Ireland was the potato famine where millions of people died of starvation in a famine tat was largely avoidable but the British did not do anything about it.
A huge stretch of the population thus decided to move away from the nation to settle for better prospects and the majority chose US.
The US thus became swarmed with migrants from Ireland on its shore that wanted sanctuary.
Abraham Lincoln, the president he released slaves from slavery on January 1st 1863
The Senate "cools" legislation from the house like a saucer cools coffee. The Senate approves all presidential appointments and ratifies treaties while the house initiates revenue bills.
The Senate has vital powers as stipulated in the constitution under the " advice and consent" provisions, Article II, section 2, to; ratify treaties which require a two-thirds majority of the senators present and a simple majority to approve important public appointments i.e., ambassador and cabinet members.
Explanation:
The gains achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under threat however, as African resistance to the racially based system rapidly escalated. This crisis was brought to a head by the continuing decline of the reserve economies. Full proletarianisation in South Africa, would threaten the migrant labour system upon which White profitability depended. This crisis coincided with rapid secondary industrialisation and a substantial growth of urban African populations, as well as growing trade union activity and rising African working class militancy. These developments were threatening not only the conditions for accumulation but White political hegemony itself.
