The Compromise of 1850 sought to settle the question of whether newly acquired territory from Mexico would allow slavery. Consider the maps in the Compromise of 1850 section. California was admitted into the nation as a slave-free state. The Utah and New Mexico territories would allow slavery and would later be able to vote on the slavery issue themselves. Why could Southern politicians be considered over-optimistic in accepting this deal? What might they have been hoping for in the future if they supported the spread of slavery?

the underground railroad (apocope of the metropolitan railroad) is a system of urban trains located within a city and its metropolitan area. it is characterized for being a massive transport of passengers in the big cities, uniting diverse zones and their environs, with high capacity and frequency and in segregated form to other systems of transport. metropolitan railroads are built underground or on the surface, although most systems use mixed models where sections are combined in both modalities.

1 - as a result, the metro tends to reduce car travel for two reasons: first, due to the greater transfer of users from the car and, second, due to the reduction in the acquisition of cars in homes located in sectors near the stations of the metro.

2 -the metro allows to contribute effectively to the achievement of all the objectives of an urban development policy: it improves the efficiency of the city's economy by reducing travel costs and also generates a higher level of activities in the city center, taking advantage of of the agglomeration economies.

3 -it is a clean means of transport, since it uses renewable energy (usually electricity), taking care of the environment and avoiding excessive pollution.

by 1880, germany had more rail lines than great britain and russia.