Why did Lincoln feel he needed a victory before issuing his Emancipation Proclamation?

Most criminologists agree that juvenile crime is less violent today than it was in the early 1990s. according to the text the reasons cited for this decline include what?

Read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt’s “day of infamy” speech. which line reveals the purpose of the speech?

The establishment of columbia as the state capital was important because a) it was located in the heart of the upcountry. b) it was located in the heart of the low-country. c) it was already established as a vital industrial center. d) it represented a compromise location central to most citizens.