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Mesopotamia was the location for an empire founded by sargon
Spoils System: The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
"<span>(C) Its promise of equal protection was largely unfulfilled as Southern governments took measures to limit the progress of emancipated slaves" is correct since these efforts began almost immediately after the Civil War ended. The amendment was practically ignored until the Civil Rights movement.</span>
They needed population and mexicans wouldn't move there in the numbers they needed