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Then came the plague, killing half the people across the continent. By the time the plague wound down in the latter part of the century, the world had utterly changed: The wages of ordinary farmers and craftsmen had doubled and tripled, and nobles were knocked down a notch in social status.
In short, the Colonial system of indentured servitude (working for 5-7 years for someone to pay them back for your trip across the Atlantic) was running out of people. So the British brought African peoples across.
Answer:
Practically everyone
Explanation:
FDR was afraid Huey Long would contest the democratic vote in the 1936 election which would split the vote between FDR's "New Dealer's" and Long's "Share The Wealther's". Long also stepped on the toes of Louisiana politicians by using the power of his held office to the fullest extent and received overwhelming public support as he made text books free for all elementary school children, paved new roads, built new bridges, and founded Louisiana State University. All at the cost of the wallets of corrupt politicians who had their money took right out of their bank accounts by Long with his Taxes. To the outrage of the Klan and its sympathizers, Huey Long’s programs to uplift the poor meant that African Americans received public education, healthcare, tax exemptions, and the opportunity to vote free of charge (although the vast majority were still blocked from voting by local "Jim Crow" laws), among other benefits aimed at freeing the disenfranchised from the shackles of poverty. Black ministers even organized Share Our Wealth clubs among their congregations with Long’s blessing, a radical inclusion in 1930s America.
