Grant<span> continued to support Reconstruction, and he signed the Civil </span>Rights Act<span> of 1875, which banned discrimination in public accommodations. </span>
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</span>US victory in the Mexican-American War in 1848
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<span>One reason that shifting cultivation was so sustainable in the past was because there were just not as many people, the population was much lower overall than it is today, and this provided plenty of open land that could be used solely for cultivation,.</span>
