The Tenure of Office Act attempted to:
A. dismantle state governments in the Lower South.
B. stop the nomination of Ulysses S. Grant for president.
C. guarantee the election of Republicans in the North.
D. weaken the powers of the president.
Answer: D. weaken the powers of the president.
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Francis Cabot Lowell and Paul Moody changed textile manufacturing with their invention of __________.
A. a power loom B. a carding machine C. an assembly line D. a power sewing machine
In most parts of the North before the Civil War, free blacks could
A. vote. B. use public services available to whites. C. compete for menial jobs. D. attend public schools. E. All these answers are correct.
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