To be in the House of Representatives you need to be 25 years old, a U.S. citizen for seven years, and run for the state and district you live in. To be a Senator, you have to be 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for nine years, and live in the state you represent.

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5 achievements Norman manley gained in the government huh

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In 1932 Norman Manley was made King’s Counsel
The Howard University conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Law in 1946.
He was voted a life member of the Congress of International Organisations by the United Transport Service Employees in Chicago .
A speech made by Manley at the National Press Club in Washington was published in the Congressional Record.
In 1961 he was made an honorary citizen of Kansas City , Missouri.

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How did congress contribute to the cause of the Great Depression

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<span>Because government had faith in business, it did little to control/regulate it= Congress made high tariffs protect U.S. industries but hurt farmers/international trade</span>

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Now that you are familiar with the cotton gin, the Underground Railroad, and key abolitionists, you will reflect on your learnin

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You will answer each question with a paragraph of complete sentences of your own words. Be sure to mention specific events, people, and terms from the lesson to support your answer.

1. How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery in the United States?

Since the cotton gin, it expanded the slavery in the country again, but it made the slaves more important since the cotton gin made it easier to pick cotton, extra slaves were needed to cover additional land and increased the profit.

2. What was the Underground Railroad? Your response needs to include and explain the terms conductor, lines, station, and freight.

The underground railroad is how enslaved people of colored would have a secret route along the way. Jonathan Walker was the conductor of the railroad and was the person helping the slaves escape. Lines were what slaves would call the escape route; lines were their code word so in case a slave owner heard them they would not know what they were talking about. Freight was a code word for slaves, Walker would transport freight which, would take the slaves to the Bahamas and to independence. The station was the code word Harriet Tubman, a free slave made as a code for a safe place to hide.

3. How did men like William Lloyd Garrison, Reverend Lovejoy, and Fredrick Douglass participate in the abolitionist movement?

William Lloyd Garrison was an American who wanted to abolish slavery so he wrote and published the newspaper article called Liberator which included essays from previous slaves so their stories could be shared in chances it would end slavery. Frederick Douglass was a colored author who was a previous slave, he wrote about antislavery and his experience about it. Reverend Lovejoy was newspaper editor, he even died defending his right about printing slavery abolishing articles.

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