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it became legal to teach slaves to read and write
The Atomic bomb was correctly seen as such a jump forward in modern weaponry that it would end the war with the holder of the weapon being the ultimate victory.
This proved to be true as the dominant powers after the War were the two nations that had the weapons (US and Soviet Union).
It points to the Texas Annexation. The Republic of Texas was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.
The Republic of Texas declared its independence from the Republic of Mexico in 1836. The majority of the Texian population agreed with the annexation of Texas by the United States. Those who opposed to the annexation were the Democrats and the Whigs, they wished to avoid war with Mexico, whose government refused to acknowledge the sovereignty of its rebellious northern province.
