at the constitutional convention in philadelphia what were the main arguments made for and against federal restrictions on the atlantic slave trade

those who opposed the slave trade said it continued the cycle of slavery and for economic reasons because slave holders wanted the value of labor to stay high because of high demand. If they import slaves then the demand goes down and so would the value. They also hoped slaves would procreate and sustain the population

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.

the pogroms became known as kristallnacht, the "night of shattered glass," for the shattered glass from the store windows that littered the streets. the morning after the pogroms 30,000 german jewish men were arrested for the "crime" of being jewish and sent to concentration camps, where hundreds of them perished.