What was the purpose of each of the Reconstruction Amendments? The amendment made slavery illegal. The amendment gave African American men the right to vote. The amendment provided that African Americans should receive equal protection under the law.

By the end of the 1800s, there was a change in the nature of the immigrants coming to the united states. immigration from northern europe—england, ireland, germany, and scandinavia—declined, while immigration from italy, russia, and austria-hungary grew. in fact, between 1900 and 1910, more than three-fourths of all immigrants came from these three countries. unfortunately, these countries were far removed england, the home of our founders, and the immigrants who came from them had a hard time adjusting to life in their new country.

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is

During the industrial revolution, many governmentsadopted an economic system called capitalism. in thissystem, governments allowed businesses to operate asfreely as possible, capitalism led to economic growth inmany countries and a small number of peoplebecome very wealthy. however the system could be harshfor poor workers, who often worked long hours in unsafeconditions just to make enough money to eat. as a result, some workers turned against capitalism and demandedthat their governments take more control over theireconomies. which statement best describes the passages main idea? a. capitalism was beneficial for some people during the industrialrevolution, but others opposed the system. b. capitalism was mostly a cause of problems during the industrialrevolution, which led to its eventual collapse. c. capitalism became the favored economic system for manycountries during the industrial revolution. d. capitalism was to countries during the industrialrevolution, but became a problem after the revolution ended. edit: correct answer is a