On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the ________, which banned slavery.
A. Fifteenth Amendment
B. Thirteenth Amendment
C. Fugitive Slave Act
D. Emancipation Proclamation
Answer: B
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The Grapes of Wrath, which chronicled the plight of those affected by the Dust Bowl, was written by
a. Ernest Hemingway. b. Mark Twain. c. John Steinbeck. d. F. Scott Fitzgerald.
By when had open-range ranching ended and why?
What will be an ideal response?
The first humanists were:
A. orators and poets. B. politicians and their secretaries. C. farmers and blacksmiths. D. historians and musicians. E. clergy.