Lincoln wrote and delivered the Gettysburg address for two main purposes, to encourage people to take action in improving the nation , honor those who died in the battle of Gettysburg and reuniting the Northern and the Southern States to one Nation.
New enforcement tools for federal laws
it D. The word "impeachment" derives from Old French empeechier from Latin impedicare expressing the idea of becoming caught or entrapped, and has analogues in the modern French verb empêcher (to prevent) and the modern English impede. Medieval popular etymology also associated it (wrongly) with derivations from the Latin impetere (to attack). (In its more frequent and more technical usage, impeachment of a witness means challenging the honesty or credibility of that person.)
Impeachment was first used in the British political system.<span>[citation needed]</span> Specifically, the process was first used by the English "Good Parliament" against Baron Latimer
in the second half of the 14th century. Following the British example,
the constitutions of Virginia (1776), Massachusetts (1780) and other
states thereafter adopted the impeachment mechanism, but they restricted
the punishment to removal of the official from office. As well, in
private organizations, a motion to impeach can be used to prefer charges.<span />
As a result of the Iranian Revolution, the pro-American government of the Iranian Shah Reza Pahlavi, was replaced by the more extreme religious theocracy led by Ayatollah Khomeni. The transition included the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Teheran and the seizure of more than 40 U.S. hostages. The United States subsequently cut off diplomatic relations with the Iranians for a number of years.
