Describe and compare the status of African Americans in the South in 1861 with their status at the end of Reconstruction in 1876-1877.
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How did Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense transform American thinking about politics?
A) It was the first publication to propose independence from Britain. B) It denounced monarchy as being incompatible with liberty. C) It explained that independence could be achieved without war. D) It argued that constitutional monarchy is the best system of government. E) It laid out a framework for the constitution of the newly independent states.
In 1899, at the behest of United States Secretary of State John Hay, European powers were persuaded to refrain from securing exclusive concessions and, instead, to maintain a(n) _________policy for all.
a. “Closed Door” b. “Self-strengthening” c. “Open Door” d. “Amnesty”
Congressional members who aimed to protect and promote the interests of black southerners and to punish white southerners for the Civil War were called:
A) carpetbaggers. B) scalawags. C) Radical Republicans. D) Redeemers.
Detail the problems facing the Confederation over the issue of western land, and explain its success in resolving many of those problems.
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