The answer is Religious Freedom.
APPOINTING JUDGES PROTECTS THEM . . . MAJORITY OVER LAW
They failed because nobody cared about the railroad. The railroad had to be a government project with leases to companies but the government was too much involved in the slavery issue that it didn't have time to deal with railroads. That's why railroads boomed after the civil war ended.
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Most landforms change very slowly over many, many years. New mountains have formed as the plates of Earth's crust slowly collided, and others have been worn away by weathering and erosion. ... Floods and landslides can change landforms in a matter of seconds. Volcanic eruptions can also change landforms quickly.