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Congress’s impeachment of President Johnson was immediately provoked b

Congress’s impeachment of President Johnson was immediately provoked by his A) successful election-time “swing around the circle.” B) dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. C) pardoning of ex-Confederate planter aristocrats. D) readmission of southern states under his own plan of Reconstruction.   ANSWER B

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Date: September 9th, 2020

What was the primary economic activity of both the French and the Dutc

What was the primary economic activity of both the French and the Dutch in North America? A) fur trading with the Indians of the North American interior B) agriculture in the Hudson and Saint Lawrence river valleys C) mining in the Appalachian Mountains D) fishing along the New England and Canadian coasts   ANSWER A

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Date: September 9th, 2020

The decline of Congressional Reconstruction in the South resulted from

The decline of Congressional Reconstruction in the South resulted from all of the following EXCEPT the A) revelation of corruption in the Grant administration. B) pervasive belief in white supremacy. C) return of general economic prosperity in the 1870s. D) waning of reforming idealism in the North.   ANSWER C

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Date: September 9th, 2020