Constantine I was born circa 280 in Naissus, Moesia (now Niš, Serbia). His father became the Western Roman emperor in 305; after his father's death, Constantine fought to take power. He became the Western emperor in 312 and the sole Roman emperor in 324. Constantine was also the first emperor to adhere to Christianity. He issued an edict that protected Christians in the empire and converted to Christianity on his deathbed in 337.
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C. A large apartment building that was usually overcrowded and dirty.
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This is the frequent meaning of the word tenement, though in Scotland and in parts of the USA it means something different.
A tenement house is usually a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in poor neighborhoods of a city.
During the Civil War, the South’s use of enslaved labor gave it a way to keep plantations running (Option "C" is the correct one).
Enslaved African Americans, who lived in the South of the US, responded to the American Civil War (1861–1865) in a variety of ways. Some slaves assisted the Confederate war effort, while others were forced to support the Confederacy by working on farms or plantations, in factories and households. There were many slaves who could escape and earn their freedom. Those slaves who remained on their plantations and farms worked as agricultural laborers while their production helped feed both civilians and soldiers. However, much of the wartime agricultural work in the South was carried out by female slaves, since males slaves were hired for the Confederacy's military and industrial works.
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During the Republican National Convention of 1880, the Half-Breeds advocated the candidacy of James Blaine of Maine for president. A stalemate occurred between the Half-Breeds and the Stalwarts, and a compromise was struck to nominate a decent, less abrasive man: James Garfield.
Instead of giving federal jobs to political supporters, Rutherford B. Hayes wished to award them by merit according to an examination that all applicants would take. Immediately, Hayes’s call for reform brought him into conflict with the Stalwart, or pro-spoils, branch of the Republican party.
Hayes made strides toward eliminating political patronage in government jobs during his administration.
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