<span> The Congo was run essentially as a personal fiefdom by the Belgian King Leopold I, who used a great deal of brutality in an effort to essentially extract as much wealth as possible, primarily in the form of rubber, from the colony. Coercive tactics such as mutilation and execution were commonly used in order to ensure compliance. </span>
Lincoln wanted all the Confederate States to join back the union and he did that by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation which basically stated that if the Confederate states did not join the Union by January 1, 1863 then all slaves would be freed.
Answer: Between 1870 and 1900, the largest number of immigrants continued to come from northern and western Europe including Great Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia. But "new" immigrants from southern and eastern Europe were becoming one of the most important forces in American life.
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