James Madison is one of the writers
of The Federalist, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. It is known as an
assortment of eighty-five essays which are written to elucidate the philosophy
behind the United States Constitution. Their main objective in writing that
book is to stimulate the authorization of the Constitution.
Stephen Douglass was a Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in 1858. Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln to obtain his Senate seat. He was a supporter of the idea of popular sovereignty, the belief that the settlers in newly admitted territories should determine whether the area would be slave or free. Douglass received the Democratic nomination for president in 1860. Douglass support of popular sovereignty led to the splintering of the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions. Northerners opposed secession while Southerners supported it. The splintering of the party led to their defeat and the election of the Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
<span>The United States have had a trade deficit over the past two decades because the nation had a persistent trade deficit. Since the 1970s, The United States had entered into a trade deficit, from trade surplus. This started because Japan and Europe started trading and competing with US, in a range of industries.</span>
