tailieunhanh - university math english 9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'university math english 9', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ------------------------------- ACT READING TEST PRACTICE --------------------------------------- prerogatives and independence of the Northern States by enacting such laws as the Fugitive Slave 15 Law. By this law every Northern man was obliged when properly summoned to turn out and help apprehend the runaway slave of a Southern man. Northern marshals became slave-catchers and Northern courts had to contribute to the support and protection of the institution. This was a degradation which the North would not permit any longer than until they could get the power to expunge such laws from the statute books. Prior to the time of these encroach- 20 ments the great majority of the people of the North had no particular quarrel with slavery so long as they were not forced to have it themselves. But they were not willing to play the role of police for the South in the protection of this particular institution. In the early days of the country before we had railroads telegraphs and steamboats in a word rapid transit of any sort the States were each almost a separate nationality. At that time 25 the subject of slavery caused but little or no disturbance to the public mind. But the country grew rapid transit was established and trade and commerce between the States got to be so much greater than before that the power of the National government became more felt and recognized and therefore had to be enlisted in the cause of this institution. It is probably well that we had the war when we did. We are better off now than we would 30 have been without it and have made more rapid progress than we otherwise should have made. The civilized nations of Europe have been stimulated into unusual activity so that commerce trade travel and thorough acquaintance among people of different nationalities has become common whereas before it was but the few who had ever had the privilege of going beyond the limits of their own country or who knew anything about other people. Then too our .