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Which of the following was NOT an African American musician during the Harlem Renaissance?
It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically.
North - Slavery was abolished, Many cities were destroyed, Confederate money was worthless.South - Economy grew, but wages for workers did not; Women replaced men in the factories.
Public school systems and teacher colleges were established; African Americans were admitted to some schools and colleges.
state of collapse, value of land had fallen, Confederate money was worthless, 2/3 of transportation system in ruins, agricultural system in chaos because slaves had been freed
kept African-Americans in a condition similar to slavery by requiring annual labor contracts, African-American children must accept apprenticeships and could be whipped/beaten, set specific work hours, required licenses to work in non-agricultural jobs
How did the stock market crash weaken the banking system?
the presidents wanted a moderate policy toward the South by granting pardons to Southern citizens & restoring Southern states to the Union, Congress wanted a harsh policy.
Benjamin Lundy; founded anti-slavery newpaperJe hudi Ashmun; founded refuge on LiberiaWilliam Lloyd Garrison; published paper, found america nanti-slavery society.Fredrick Douglass; former slave (escaped), publisher, writer, opposed violence, popular speaker of anti-slavery society.Harriet Tubman; escaped slave, helped escape from the south.
ending the bank of the United States, expanding westward and removing American Indians from the Southeast.
Which Countries refused to agree to the London Naval Treaties?
Where did the african Americans Migrated during the great migration?
Because of Monroe's presidency; the name captured Americans' hopes of partisan and national unity following the War of 1812.
Romanticists - advocated feeling over reason, inner spirituality over external rules, individual above society, & nature over environments created by humans.Transcendentalists - urged people to transcend, or overcome, the limits of their minds and let their souls reach out to embrace the beauty of the universe.
- California was admitted to the Union as a free state- The remainder of the Mexican cession was divided into the two territories of New Mexico and Utah and organized without mention of slavery;- The claim of Texas to a portion of New Mexico was satisfied by a payment of $10 million;- New legislation (the Fugitive Slave Act) was passed to apprehend runaway slaves and return them to their masters; and- The buying and selling of slaves (but not slavery) was abolished in the District of Columbia.
Jackson's supporters came together in opposition to Adam's presidency and took the name Democratic-Republicans to stress their differences with Adams' party. Adam's became known as the National Republican party.
What was the major reason behind Hoover's landslide victory in 1928?
Which of the following best describes the racial tension in the U.S after WWI?
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath sympathetically portrayed the plight of
Which of the following best describes African Americans' participation in WWI?