Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty excluded the people he blamed for leading the South into secession. They were:the wealthy planters, merchants, and bankers
The correct answer is D)macadam. Macadam was an invention keyed by a Scottish man who changed the way we view paving of roads and highways. Macadam is a mixture of small stones crushed together with asphalt, the sticky, black material used for both concrete and macadam. The name Macadam comes from the engineer's name, which was John Loudon McAdam. There had been other attempts at macadam before McAdam, but McAdam improved it and his was the first to arrive in the United States.
Here was no profit in it for most northerners and it would provide a way for wage slaves to find opportunities somewhere besides in the north.
They wanted cheap labor and the west would slim the pickings provided by desparation and poverty .
No, Congress should not have the power to interpret the Constitution. The Constitution of the United States of America states that the legislative branch (including Congress) has the power to MAKE laws. The judicial branch (including the Supreme Court) has the power to INTERPRET laws. By giving the legislative branch the power to interpret the Constitution, you are giving it the powers of the judicial branch. This power must belong only to the judicial branch, NOT to the legislative branch or Congress. (NOTE: I'm not sure if this question is supposed to be a matter of opinion or not--if it is, this is my viewpoint.)
