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George H. White was the only African American member of Congress since the time of reconstruction when he delivered the farewell address in 1901 at Washington, D.C. He started his speech by representing himself for all the colored people of the country and how few white gentlemen blame the whole race for the crimes of few people. He showcased the atrocities and discrimination used against the black people during Jim Crow laws, employment opportunities, cases of violence and lynching, etc.
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Between those years, the Holy Land went from being part of the Byzantine Empire, to being part of the Muslim Empires or Caliphates that formed since the death of Muhammad.
Explanation:
This affected relationships between people from the religions listed in the question, because while before, christians were the ruling group in the land, muslims became the rulers after their conquests.
The christians, both catholic and orthodox, saw Muslim control over the Holy Land as outrageous, because of precisely the fact that this land is considered Holy for Christians, because it is the place where Jesus was born and lived.
For this reason, from the 11th century onwards, the Pope launched a series of wars with the goal or retaking the Holy Land from Muslim control. These wars are known as the Crusades.
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The Persians followed a monotheistic religion called Zoroastrianism, which perceived just a solitary divinity named Ahura Mazda. In view of the lessons of the Persian prophet Zoroaster, this was the official religion of the Persian Empire, in spite of the fact that vanquished people groups were permitted to rehearse their own religions.
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William Barret "Buck" Travis (August 1, 1809 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American lawyer and soldier. At the age of 26, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army. He died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.
Travis turned to another Gonzales Ranger, Captain Albert Martin, to carry his most famous letter, penned on February 24, from the Alamo. Martin handed the letter off to one Lancelot Smither, and both men added postscripts to the missive including estimates of Mexican troop strength.
Explanation:
"De facto" means "in fact, factually" - that something is, indeed, taking place. It is customarily used to denote a situation which is not dictated by law ("de jure") but which happens anyway - so the best answer is A. Law - this segregation is not required by law, but it takes place anyway, for example for financial reasons.
