Answer:
Slavery was effectively abolished by the triumph of the North against the South in the Civil War (1861-1865). The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all African Americans in 1868. Black slaves in the southern states ceased to be forced labor, but they turned into cheap labor for plantations; either they were usually paid very little or were victims of legals norms that sought to perpetrate their de facto state of slavery and their misery. In the North, the African American population provided labor for industries. Economic growth, a better political environment and new opportunities opened by industrial developement estimulated large black migration from Southern rural villages and towns to cities in the North in the second half of the 19th century. African American migraton contributed thus to fast urbanization and the growth of cities.
Explanation:
Robespierre was an idealist: he wanted to create and establish a Utopian society. The power he came to wield, went to his head, and was the cause of his downfall.
Napoleon was a pragmatist: intent on both self-aggrandizement, and the glorification of France. Needless to say from a practical point of view, the latter was far more successful than the former.
Answer:
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.
Explanation:
Although their rules were all unique in their own ways, they are most remembered for two main things. First, the Five Good Emperors brought relative peace and prosperity to Rome.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
The English Colonies used lumber for ship-building. The land and climate were not suitable for agriculture, but forests provided large quantities of lumber. They specialized in both ship-building and fishing mainly because of the large forests.
