During the Civil War, Congress enacted legislation that
a. led to the creation of land-grant colleges.
b. lowered tariff rates.
c. imposed the first tax on income.
d. established federal agencies to regulate industry.
a
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a) the system of draft deferments b) the strength of the New Deal coalition c) Ethnic Heritage Studies Act d) 1964 Civil Rights Act
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A. restlessness. B. wastefulness. C. youthfulness. D. aggressiveness. E. thoughtfulness.
During Reconstruction, regarding land ownership in the South,
A. the Freedmen's Bureau distributed millions of acres of land to freedmen. B. most plantations abandoned during the Civil War remained vacant. C. ownership by whites declined, while ownership by blacks increased. D. ownership by both whites and blacks increased. E. the federal government vigorously acted to confiscate land owned by former Confederates.