An 8 year old girl had to walk through a dangerous area to attend an African American school each day.
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You have to remeber that in this period of US history there is no "republican". There are the Whigs and the Democrats. Democrats wanted to expand and spread slavery, while the Whigs were from the North, against mass expansion and against slavery. Do with this information as you will.
Explanation:
Island hopping was good because they could take the key islands without wasting troops on islands that werent useful to the us