Some of the major issues that led to the Civil War in the United States included A) conflict arose between the northern and southern parts of the United States, B) the North was more advanced commercially and they were expanding industrially, D) the South wanted new territories that were being admitted into the United States to be slave states. However, C) is not true because the South did not seek to abolish slavery but instead continue the institution of slavery.
<span>2) Belgian Congo
</span><span>The </span>Belgian Congo<span> was a </span>Belgian colony<span> in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960. Now it is called the </span>Democratic Republic of the Congo<span> (DRC). The previously Belgian colony had to fight in order to achieve independence and become the modern Republic of Congo.</span>
It was the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th that caused the establishment of the United States department of homeland security, whose main objective is protect the US from terrorist attacks.
The Spanish king ordered officials to look into the system of forced labor and eventually abolished it. This is how military campaigns were led to creation of independent nations in South America.
<u>Explanation</u>:
The people in Latin America distrusted and feared one another after dissatisfaction with Spanish rule. Sometimes they worked together against the Spanish. But once independence was achieved, the creoles, who had led the revolts, dominated the governments.
The process of independence of the South American countries has more to do with the American Independence and the defeat of the British, as well as the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars. The culture and outlook of the people was inspired from European conquerors and immigrants. The majorities of South Americans speak Portuguese or Spanish and follow Western traditions.
The widespread revolutionary ideals ensuing from these important changes in European political board made locals settlers and non-whites question their allegiance to metropolitan authority, as well as the elite, who were tired of trade restrictions.
