<span>In the 1850's Northern sympathies with the South eroded over the issue of slavery. The Democratic Party split into Northern and Southern factions, permitting Lincoln's Republican party to gain control of Congress and the White House in 1860. The South realized they no longer had allies in control of the Federal Government.</span>
A potential cost for a government leader using a cost-benefit analysis is that the leader will fail to consider all the variables that will contribute to the outcome of whatever he or she is planning, since it is often hard to anticipate all possible scenarios in such an analysis.
I'm using these with my vocabulary term book, so i'm answering the question based off the definitions provided for me.
Absurd - Ridiculous
I would say their not similar
Accede - <span>agree to a demand, request, or treaty.</span>
Wounded Knee was in 1890. Specifically it was December 22, 1890.