The invention and inventor that are credited with changing the nature of commerce and news in the first half of the 19th century would be the telephone and it's inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
Minoan civilization emerged around 2000 BCE, and lasted until 1400 BCE. It was located on the island of Crete
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The answer would be: “Free African American(s) were allowed to enlist in the Union army and Navy.
If they wanted to fight against the confederacy and the slavery supporters then they were allowed to because the Emancipation Proclamation allowed them to join the Union army.
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