Yes it would have because if Virginia had rejected secession, the prospect of Lee in command of Union forces rather than Confederate forces would have presented major problems for the Confederacy. The South would have lost a major economic and political asset, the state of West Virginia would never have been created, the war would almost certainly have been shorter. Interestingly, such circumstances might cast some doubts on how determined the North would have been to end slavery permanently.
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The large Russian population in the 19th century remained primarily rural, not moving to cities. Most of the rural population were former serfs who continued to work at agriculture in old world ways.
Between 1850 and 1900, Russia's population doubled but remained mainly rural. And that rural population operated mostly in small, peasant farm fashion. There wasn't the same acceleration toward urbanization seen in nations that were industrializing more rapidly. Russia's autocratic government under the tsars was also not ready for the sort of progress needed for industrialization.
Even though im not writing the 2 paragraphs let me give you info about one of the cases: <span>Gibbons vs. Ogden: Federally issued permit vs. State (NY) issued permit to navigate waterways around New York. Marshall court re-emphasized Article VI (Supremacy) stating that federal law trumps state and this decision further emphasized the Commerce Clause stating that commerce was not defined solely as the buying and selling of goods, but the transportation thereof as well. Establishing that only the national Congress had the ability to regulate interstate trade, further strengthening the federal government over the states. This case as many affect the nature of federalism regarding its power, rights and roles. </span>
Yes. The Great Depression was certainly a threat to American democracy as it opened people to consider the possibility of communism as an alternative system that would solve their problems which included high unemployment and poverty levels resulting from the economic downturn.
