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Poll taxes were used to prevent African American men from voting. Because many of the African American men were poor and could not pay the taxes they could not pay the taxes, they could not vote. Literacy test or (understanding test) where they were forced to read and explain the text to a white man.
Crossing the Silk Road, Marco Polo brought elements of Western culture to the East and Eastern culture back to the West.
Because of his exploration for trade of what is today modern China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and India, the east experienced Western culture.
Furthermore, his journeys were documented in the Book of the Marvels of the World which presented to Europeans the Asian cities and countries.
1, 1863, three years into the war. ... Now the war was about ending slavery, which led to the tide changing in favor of the Union under the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant. The Emancipation Proclamation didn't free all slaves, just those living in Confederate states. Hope that helped!!
Switzerland, norway, and iceland
