1. How does Frederick Douglass' speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" explain the contradiction that excited America before the Civil War?

the first two years of american revolution was not very encouraging for the patriots since the british were far superior in sea power, arms and troops.

to replace ineffective because   andrew jackson's spoil system was a deliberate policy after he became president to remove federal employees he considered to be political opponents and replace them with his own supporters.