A)<span>They allowed the Romans to focus more on expanding into the Western Mediterranean.
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Slavery was THE great debate of the 1850's as was the question of continuing a union that threatened the lives and property of the South. It caused Lincoln's election in 1860 and fueled the movement to secession and war. Slavery was the dividing point over which there was a limit to the compromises that could be effected. It clearly drove the decade as it had shaped the whole century.
Answer:
Johnson rejected many of the goals of Reconstruction by vetoing bills that would increase the rights of the former slaves.
Explanation:
Andrew Johnson entered presidency upon the death of the abolitionist Abraham Lincoln in 1865. As Lincoln's former Vice President, Johnson was expected to make policies similar to Lincoln's and achieve the goals of Reconstruction. However, once Johnson was in office, he took a different approach to the situation: he failed to make policies that protected the right of newly freed slaves and that kept them safe after the Civil War and failed to regulate the Southern States. Instead, Johnson granted thousands of pardons to white Southerners, wealthy planters and Confederate leaders and allowed some of them to return to power and to have their property back.
The Pennsylvanian citizen who questioned the parliament's right to tax the colonists without their consent was Benjamin Franklin.
Christianity is the world's largest religion. They believe that Jesus is the Son of God who was professed to come down to Earth.
Buddhists believe that the ultimate goal is to obtain Nirvana. This can be achieved by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path.
