How did congress try to keep the union together? in your opinion, why did this ultimately fail

Congress tried to keep the union together by prodding President Abraham Lincoln into making proposals to South to end the hostilities and to finally have a peaceful resolution. However, there were many problems in making this possible. The only thing congress can do is to simply go along with the president, and they did by enacting laws that gave the president enough authority to confiscate Confederates’ property, which later benefited the Union army.

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

ayatollah khomeini can best be described as the leader who declared iran to be an islamic republic.