Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Radical Republic wanted to punish the South.
There are no choices here but the reason why it is the duty
of the state government to protect public health is because it starts at the
grass-roots level where municipalities as well as city and state officials are
the ones responsible for directly monitoring and implementing preventive
measures to stop the spread of diseases.
The answer is <span>the Tet Offensive</span>
The northern lawmakers needed the state to join the union instead of the confederacy, because if they joined the confederacy, the Union would be weaker. They got the Missouri on their side by allowing it to hold slaves (but that could easily be overturned, so getting the state was more of a priority than having slavery or not)
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