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After a fierce debate in Congress, in November of 1939, a final Neutrality Act passed. This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports.
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani.
This is an extremely complex issue, but most historians agree tat Reconstruction was an overall failure, since although the African Americans were technically free from slavery, many states in the South implemented a series of "Jim Crow" laws that kept the newly-freed slaves from being equal members of society. <span />
