A) <span>On this day in 1956, the U.S. Congress approves the Federal Highway Act, which allocates more than $30 billion for the construction of some 41,000 miles of interstate highways; it will be the largest public construction project in U.S. history to that date.</span>
She fought against lynchings.
Yes, it is true that the <span>Albany Plan of Union was rejected by the colonies, because the colonists feared that this would create too strong of a central government over the states. </span>
There were 30 states at the beginning of 1850 and 31 at the end.
<span>At the start: </span>
<span>15 free states- Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin </span>
<span>15 slave states- Delaware Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama </span>
<span>Then, with the Compromise of 1850, California came into the Union as a free state.</span>
Correct answer: It took longer and they were treated poorly, reflecting the widespread bias against Asians.
