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A- George Washington
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banned poll taxes
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed barriers to black enfranchisement in the South, banning poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively prevented African Americans from voting.
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C. The railroad was remarkably well built, with some sections remaining in use for the next seventy-five years.
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During the construction of the transcontinental railroad between 1863 and 1869, the following occured;
- Two companies, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, won the contracts to build the railroad.
- One company built east from California, one company built west from Nebraska until the railroad met at Promontory, Utah.
- The federal government subsidized the project with generous land grants and millions of dollars in public loans to the railroad companies.
Answer: B) Manifest Destiny.
James K. Polk, in full James Knox Polk, (born November 2, 1795, Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, U.S.—died June 15, 1849, Nashville, Tennessee), 11th president of the United States (1845–49). Under his leadership the United States fought the Mexican War (1846–48) and acquired vast territories along the Pacific coast and in the Southwest. (For a discussion of the history and nature of the presidency, see presidency of the United States of America.)
After building a successful law practice in Tennessee, Polk was elected to the state legislature (1823) and then to the United States House of Representatives in 1825, becoming a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson. After serving as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, he became Speaker in 1835, the only president to have been Speaker.
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