1. Find a loaf of common wheat bread, count the slices per loaf, and calculate the amount of water used to
produce each slice. Calculate the amount of water
used to produce one-third pound of beef. Combine
these two to arrive at the approximate amount of
water used to produce an average restaurant
hamburger.

Abraham lincoln and the republicans frequently declared that they sought only to prevent the expansion of slavery and not to overturn slavery where it existed. yet immediately after lincoln’s election seven southern states marched out of the union, without waiting to see what lincoln’s policies would be. why? were southern fears of lincoln rational or irrational?