Describe the role of African-American voters and leaders during Congressional Reconstruction in southern states. How powerful were they? What did the state governments they participated in "do for blacks"?

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African-American voters helped choose delegates to state constitutional conventions under Congressional Reconstruction. Some African Americans served in state legislatures, and a handful were elected to Congress during Reconstruction, but Reconstruction in the South was dominated by white carpetbaggers and scalawags, not freedmen. The primary accomplishments of the Radical governments for African Americans was to gain them the suffrage and provide them with schools.

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Discuss the reasons why the U.S. government announced a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, as well as the difficulties the United States had in maintaining such a policy prior to its entry into the war in 1917

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What was the primary instrument of Athenian naval success?

a. The gunboat b. The trireme c. The astrolabe d. The rowers e. The lateen sail

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Which statement about masking feelings is most true?

A) Masking feelings is always physically debilitating, even if you do it only occasionally. B) Masking feelings is never appropriate. C) Masking feelings may be appropriate in certain situations. D) There is no harm in masking feelings.

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Hinduism in Southeast Asia is one of the most notable examples of a mixed religion, which is known as ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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