What purpose did the ghettos serve during the Holocaust? They were barracks where poor and sick people in Germany were sent to live. They were living compounds built by the Nazis to house and kill Jewish people. They were camps where socialists and political prisoners were forced to be laborers. They were holding centers where Jewish people lived until they were sent to concentration camps.

on 6 november american voters will elect members of the house of representatives and the senate, which together are called congress.

both houses of congress are currently controlled by the republican party, which backs president donald trump.

the democrats think they can win control of the house of representatives this year by winning a majority of seats.

doing so would let them block or delay the president’s plans by refusing to enact them.

all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election.

if the democrats want to take control of the house by having the most seats, they’re going to have to claim at least 23 from the republicans.

graphic: the battle for the house of representatives

napoleon the third became a empire in 1873 also known as the era of the franco-prussian war.