The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments reflected the growing 19th century American trend of "progressivism," since these were all meant to give African Americans more rights in the United States.
... discourage African Americans from voting.
Poll taxes means you have to pay a tax before allowed to vote. That's a way of preventing poor persons (like blacks in the South) from voting.
In addition to poll taxes, other measures were also used to block blacks from participating in the voting process. For instance, literacy tests would require persons to pass certain standards of reading and writing in order to qualify for voting. These tests were aimed at blacks, who had not had access to the same education as whites.
The system of money in America between 1776 and 1789 was a hodgepodge.
It consisted of British, French, Continental, and Spanish currencies,
and base metals or gold and silver. After Spain entered the war on the
side of the United States, the standard currency became the Spanish
dollar. Still, other currencies were accepted. After the war ended, The
United States went on a gold standard and the government stopped issuing
paper currency, but individual banks issued paper currency.
Before being allowed to re-join the Union, Confederate states where required to ratify the 14th Amendment. This Amendment protected citizens from racist laws.
<span>First
thing you need to know is that Bollywood is the name used by some
people for Bombay(Mumbai) film industry. Bombay film industry deals with
Hindi films. There are several film industries in India. All these
industries combines to make Indian Film Industry the largest in the
World. Other popular film industries in India are Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri etc.
There is not a fixed subject in Bollywood. There are varieties in
themes. For example the recent Oscar entry from India Taare Zameen Par
was about a 8 year old who suffers greatly until a teacher identifies
him as dyslexic. Also another Huge hit of 2008 'Rock On' is the first
Indian film to deal with the Rock Music category.
The recent trends Indicate that Bollywood is favoring stories that
seems real. This is further confirmed by the success of 'Aamir', 'A
Wednesday', 'Mumbai Meri Jaan' etc. Also the action movies had a huge
revival after the success of John Abraham starrer 'Dhoom'. Many horror
films are also in the making following the huge success of '1920',
'Phoonk', 'Raaz 2 - The mystery Continues' etc.
Also 'Love' play an important part of Bollywood films. But that doesn't mean that every film is a love story.
Another important feature of Bollywood from other film industries are
the songs in the film. Most songs are visually rich with different
costumes & locations.
I hope that I have covered everything you needed to know. </span>
