Thaddeus Lowe's operations in his ground service's first months indicate considerable improvement in developing and understanding the observation balloon a significant and useful complement to the army service. He favored the captive balloons because:
- He showed that a captive balloon could be efficiently and safely propelled to and from different locations, and that the senior officers could take measurements from virtually any appropriate point chosen.
- The civil war time duration 1861 to 1863, encouraged him to experiment and make success of captive balloons, here his motivation raised as he was self made scientist and aeronaut.
- He was attempting to study medicine to satisfy the wishes of his grandmother, but the boredom diverted him to his first passion, aviation using lighter-than-air gases.
The 17th Amendment is significant because
B. It requires the direct election of US senators by voters.Here it is in its original form:
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
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Lincoln wanted to make sure that the new state governments in the south would comply with his policy of emancipation of slaves and be lenient towards them.
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- As soon as the Civil War came to an end, President Lincoln took up the task of the reunification of the nation.
- For the states in the south, he prepared the ten percent plan and appealed to the people of the south to take oath of allegiance to the United States, of the emancipation of slaves, and of leniency towards them.
- Lincoln assured them that once the oath is taken, he would permit each state to frame new Constitutions of their own.
South Asia, Australia, Europe, the Americas.
Answer:
"After being introduced, the bill is sent to the Senate Parliamentarian who assigns it to a specific committee or committees for further deliberation. ... When a bill is introduced, the Senate Parliamentarian is responsible for deciding which Committee should review the legislation." *
carper.senate.gov
(First answer is all I found. Hope this helps!)
