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- What was life like up to the failing of the stock market?
- After three weeks, Cornwallis was outnumbered 2 to 1. Cornwallis surrendered on October 17, 1781.
- In 1775 , France started secretly sending supplies for 30,000 soldiers. In 1778, French formed an alliance with America. France also hated British
- The goal of the 1864 Wade-Davis bill was to: a) force three-fourths of voters in a former rebel state to take a loyalty oath.b) grant forty acres and a mule to every male former slave.c) guarantee freedmen equal protection before the law.d) confiscate the property of ex-Confederates.
- How did moderate Republicans and radical Republicans differ in 1865?a) Moderates supported states' rights and limited federal involvement in the economy, while radicals wanted to expand federal powers.b) Moderates championed Black equality, while radicals wanted to limit the rights of Black Americans.c) Moderates did not actively support Black voting rights and the distribution of confiscated lands to the freedmen, while radicals did.d) Moderates supported Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan, while radicals wanted to write their own.
- Because of the causes known for the depression people who lived itwould avoid spending money and instead began to so-called
- - Religion was most diverse in Middle Colonies- New England was mainly a city- Southern Colonies economic activity was agriculture
- What areas did Roosevelt focus on in restoring the nation?
- How prevalent were African American politicians during the period white southerners derisively called "Negro domination?"a) Black representatives held a majority in over half the state legislatures for a short time.b) Only states with Black majorities elected Black people to office.c) Black Americans held no elected office during Reconstruction.d) Only 6 percent of southerners in Congress during Reconstruction were Black.
- Once they borrowed goods on a crop lien, MOST sharecroppers in the Reconstruction South:a) paid back their debt within a year.b) ended up in a cycle of debt.c) began growing food rather than cotton.d) made enough money to buy their own land.
- How did southern Democrats appeal to white small farmers in the early 1870s?a) They convinced poor whites that they paid taxes for African Americans.b) They promised to enlarge the government budget to help their plight.c) They gave them the confiscated property of Confederate leaders.d) They promised to raise taxes on African Americans and on rich whites.
- The black codes that many governments across the South adopted immediately after the Civil War:a) allowed African Americans to purchase guns.b) closely resembled re-enslavement of Black individuals.c) established separate facilities for African Americans.d) gave African Americans the right to vote.
- Most immigrants came from where in the mid 19 century
- Supreme Court decisions in the years following the Civil War largely:a) expanded voting rights.b) promoted the Republican radicals' agenda for civil rights.c) undermined Reconstruction.d) expanded the power of the federal government.
- What was the house called that Lee surrendered?
- What advantages did the colonist have in the american revolution?
- When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation what happened.
- what was the american revolution inspired by?
- When was the Emancipation Proclamation passed?
- Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War