<span>That is, in the years when there were Congressmen to be elected he must go twice to be registered—once for the ... Our committee struck out from it everything that did not bear directly on elections; mitigated the severity of the ... This was the famous force bill, and the whole of it—a provision that, if a sufficient petition were made to the court for ... So a conference of Republicans was held at which an agreement was made, which I drew up, and signed by a majority of the entire Senate<span /></span>
The Republican Party platform stated that slavery would not be allowed to spread any further into the territories. The Republicans also promised to support tariffs that protected Northern industry, a Homestead Act granting free farmland in the West to settlers, and the funding of a transcontinental railroad.
Both wars sucked up several major powers into the conflict. In addition, in both wars the central conflict did not involve the USA, but the USA was sucked into it for ideological and business interests. the war ended in a a peace treaty, and there was no decisive victor, but it appeared the USA lost the war politically because of the unpopularity of both wars.
Germany and Japan both made more aircraft than the US in 1939.The United States was making far more aircraft than Germany and Japan combined by the end of the war.The United States had a huge production advantage by the end of the war.The United States had not fully mobilized for wartime production in 1939.<span>Japan and Germany may have suffered war damage that hurt their production.</span>
