The amendment that some Americans criticized as not going far enough to make suffrage universal was A. the Fifteenth Amendment, which granted the vote to African-American men. Around the period of the Civil War, campaigns for women's suffrage had begun to take hold. Many argued that the 15th Amendment should have expanded its scope and included women; however, the men responsible for the 15th Amendment feared that adding women to the mix could doom the amendment to failure. They argued that women were excluded in order to guarantee that at least African-American men be given the right to vote.
<span>By removing the Native Americans, the whites saw an opportunity to expand the land that they had and their resources. He stated that he wanted to civilize the Native Americans and wanted a government that encompassed everyone without them having a separate government of their own. This led to the Trail of Tears where the Native Americans were forcibly removed from their territory and treated savagely by Americans. The Americans then took over their land, cattle, and any resources in the areas that they took away from them.</span>
It was within this changing atmosphere that military leaders such as Julius Caesar were able to seize control of and put an end to the Roman Republic. ... Julius Caesar began his rise to power in 60 B.C.E. by forging an alliance with another general, Pompey, and a wealthy patrician, Crassus.
