Women wanted new appliances. They were the ones working in the house, and the want/need for something to make it easier had skyrocketed.
He gave the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam.
If the house and the senate pass different versions of a piece of legislation, the differences will be resolved BY A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
Conference committee is the committee of the United State congress which is appointed by the house of representative and senate to resolve disagreement on a particular bill. The committee is usually made up of the senior members of both house of representative and senate who originally considered the legislation.