1. Choose the correct understatement definition from the following statements: A. Saying something under oneâs breath so that no one can understand it. B. Describing a situation in weaker terms than might be expected, thereby minimizing it. C. Expressing something in an exaggerated way to impress others.
After all, it was they who demanded modernization in terms of labor, land ownership and the rights of human beings. Essentially, the Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln promoted the individual freedoms of all men as well as the rights for all to receive a public education. Democrats, at the time, spoke of social progression, but did not act on it.
In 1854, the Republican Party was founded mainly to end slavery, and for two decades it honorably promoted African-American equality. Its first presidential nominee, pioneer James C. FrÃ©mont, took a staunch anti-slavery stand in 1856 and ran well, paving the way for Abraham Lincoln's election four years later. Lincoln was no radical. He believed white men superior to blacks and opposed the outright abolition of slavery.