<span> Thomas Paine's pamphlet common sense was </span>advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
George Washington is from <u><em>Westmoreland County Virginia, VA</em></u>
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<span>Which three conditions helped bring about African independence?
B: The Pan-African movement encouraged nationalism and independence for Africa
D: European governments had been weakened by World War II.
E: African nations wanted to avoid the Cold War.
The Pan-African movement had already begun at the turn of the century, but became an even stronger movement in the mid-20th century. </span><span>Kwame Nkrumah, who became the first Prime Minister and President of the State of newly independent Ghana in 1957, was a key leader in that movement.
The weakened states of European countries due to the war also made them less able to maintain their overseas empires after the war.
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And the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) was influential after World War II. A number of African nations were participants in that movement, which believed the Cold War superpowers were creating a world that worked against independence and sovereignty and peace for other nations. One of the leaders of the non-alignment movement, Jawaharlal Nehru, said in a speech in 1948: "When we say our policy is one of non-alignment, obviously we mean non-alignment with military blocs." The Non-Aligned Movement held its first conference in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1961. The members of the movement sought to remain non-aligned for the sake of their own opportunity for development and independence and peace.
