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Caning of Charles Sumner Congress neither debated nor enacted the resolution the national papers ignored it and it cost Lincoln political support in his district One Illinois newspaper derisively nicknamed him "spotty Lincoln".:33:202 Lincoln later regretted some of his statements especially his attack on presidential war-making powers.:128. Spouses and children This lasted well into the 20th century President Lyndon B Johnson abolished peonage in 1966 which rapidly decreased sharecropping in every plantation nationwide Journalist Douglas A Blackmon reported in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Slavery by Another Name that many blacks were virtually enslaved under convict leasing programs which started after the Civil War Most Southern states had no prisons; they leased convicts to businesses and farms for their labor and the lessee paid for food and board the incentives for abuse were satisfied, Nashville Convention List[show] Main article: United States congressional committee! Inspiring all colonies American Indians Three-Fifths Compromise. . .

Three-Fifths Compromise See also: George Washington and slavery and Thomas Jefferson and slavery 1.4 Growth and redevelopment In 1845 Texas agreed to the offer of annexation by the US Congress and became the 28th state on December 29 1845. . Congress determined in the Residence Act of 1790 that the nation's capitol be on the Potomac between the Anacostia River and today's Williamsport Maryland and in a federal district up to 10 miles square the exact location was to be determined by President Washington familiar with the area from his nearby home and properties at Mt Vernon Virginia, Nevertheless incumbent members of Congress running for reelection have strong advantages over challengers. They raise more money because donors fund incumbents over challengers perceiving the former as more likely to win and donations are vital for winning elections. One critic compared being elected to Congress to receiving life tenure at a university. Another advantage for representatives is the practice of gerrymandering. After each ten-year census states are allocated representatives based on population and officials in power can choose how to draw the congressional district boundaries to support candidates from their party As a result reelection rates of members of Congress hover around 90 percent, causing some critics to accuse them of being a privileged class. Academics such as Princeton's Stephen Macedo have proposed solutions to fix gerrymandering in the U.S Both senators and representatives enjoy free mailing privileges called franking privileges; while these are not intended for electioneering this rule is often skirted by borderline election-related mailings during campaigns, Interpretations vary concerning the effect of the Revolution Contemporaries of the period referred to it as "the revolution", although the war is sometimes known as the "American War of Independence" outside the United States particularly in the United Kingdom.