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In the early history of the U.S., some states allowed only white male adult property owners to vote, while others either did not specify race, or specifically protected the rights of men of any race to vote. Freed slaves could vote in four states. Women were largely prohibited from voting, as were men without property.
Territory, the American's actually just purchased Alaska to help Russia out after the Crimean War, however, it gave them new territory in the Pacific region. At the time of the purchase, the public wasn't in support of it. However, later on, the purchase proved to be quite beneficial as Alaska proved to have oil reserves that the US can tap into.
Though state banks had forced their governors to declare state-wide bank holidays in response to President Hoover’s inaction, making it near-impossible for Roosevelt to do anything other than issue a federal mandate, he was able to move quickly to prevent any extreme damage to the banking system or federal finances, and to prevent a wholesale loss of public faith in the American economy.
http://depts.washington.edu/depress/bank_crisis_1933.shtml
There are a lot of possible
reasons why Beveridge wanted to hold on to the Philippines as a colony or so to
say impose imperialism over Philippines. Some say, that his primary objective
was to gain economic profit as well as his belief, which was somehow racist,
over the supremacy of the Anglo- Saxon. Another was, he also argued that if US
had the control over Philippines, this would give US businesses the vast opportunities
to trade in the Pacific, especially in China. Beveridge also pushed the idea that Filipinos
are barbarous and cannot govern themselves. Along with these, he justified that
the Americans were the chosen ones by God among all nations of the Anglo- Saxon
to lead in the world’s regeneration.
The brown board of education ruling made it illegal for segregation to exist in schools
