Passing the 13th amendment which was to allow 4 million slaves to be freed was one of the goals of the radical reconstruction. This was one of the feasible one.
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Economic power, military protection. Sometimes these short-term goals are enough to override the longer-term ones of independence and national identity. They may be persuaded.
Radical/absolute democracy. This means that all citizens (not every person there, just ones who qualified for citizenship.. another thing all together) got to vote. This is different from American democracy where we vote for candidates who then make decisions on our behalf, which is actually a Republic.
the difference isa roman house looks crappy modern ones are nota roman house has a whole in the ceiling a modern one doesn'tand the Romans had a swimming pool inside modern houses have a pool in the backyard
Radical Confederate leaders, especially the ones in South Carolina, believed that having Fort Sumter, in the Charleston harbor would signal to US President Lincoln, that they were sincere about leaving the Union. By engaging in the bombardment of Federal forts, especially Sumter, this would increase Confederate morale and bring other slave states like Virginia into the Confederacy.