[T]he legislation and histories of the times,
and the language used in the Declaration of
Independence, show, that neither the class of
persons who had been imported as slaves,
nor their descendants, whether they had
become free or not, were then acknowledged
as a part of the people ... used in that
memorable instrument.
from the Dred Scott decision, 1857
In this quotation, who are "they"?
Republicans
slaveholders
African Americans

because the vietnam war was fought in an especially brutal and untraditional way

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it's lit.

the industrial revolution pushed the world into modern industrialization. it changed the course of history profoundly. it caused rapid urbanization and pushed cities and countries into development. the industrial revolution began in great britain with a series with new inventions which led to the creation of machines and mass production.

this caused the country to gain wealth and money and become an international superpower. it improved transportation and manufacturing inside the country, pushed people to live in urban areas and britain to become the most powerful nation in the world for a while.

map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. for example, on a 1: 100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.