In many cases, the US would set up "puppet governments" to administer its new found territories, since many of these territories--such as Puerto Rico and the Philippines--were too far away for direct governance.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. With it, he freed all slaves in Confederate or contested areas of the South.
The political system in Ancient Rome was based on competition with the ruling elite, the military was a key element to the political system of Ancient Rome that was generally based on competition within the ruling class. An individual social standing impacted their political and military roles. War was significant towards Roman expansion to the Northern Hemisphere, it was characterized by; grabbing of land, military might, strategic ability and political capabilities of the generals that determined their political leadership
The Compromise of 1877<span> was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the national government pulling the last federal troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era.</span>
