This Reconstruction era policy gave voting rights only to people whose grandfathers had been legally allowed to vote, thus excluded freedmen from voting.
What will be an ideal response?
Grandfather Clause
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A) Federalists B) Democratic-Republicans C) Whigs D) Independents
The Virginia Company developed the "headright system" to
A. attract new settlers to the colony. B. raise revenue from the sale of land. C. require families to migrate together. D. discourage poor people from moving to the colony. E. cause conflict among the neighboring Indian tribes.
How did the Brownsville Affair exemplify black experiences in the military at the time? How did race play a factor in the outcome of the incident?
What will be an ideal response?
All of the following are TRUE about a group of disillusioned American writers in the 1920s EXCEPT
A) they were called the "Smart Set." B) they wrote some of the most effective literature during this time of a unique, prosperous, and discontented moment in American history and literature. C) they lived in Europe to escape the commercialism in the United States. D) they included Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, and s.