The term balance of power means O two leaders should always share power.
O one country should lead and others should follow.
no state should be more powerful than the rest.
Ostates should be equal in all ways.

b. second continental congress

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.