Those small fragments are called '<span>meteorites.'</span>
<span>It was the Crusades.
The Crusades was a campaign to regain the Holy Land from the Muslim
invaders after they took it over. Some
came to fight for that goal while others joined to see new lands while some
were after the riches that be taken from that area. Many were promised forgiveness of their sins
if they joined the Crusades. Still, some
of the effects of the Crusade were that the Mediterranean was open to trade as
soldiers and markets were established.
Other effects were that it led to the growth of towns and cities as the
nobility sold their lands to join the Crusades and the people gained their
freedom. Finally with the growth of towns, feudalism was weakened.</span>
B. African American men were granted the right to vote.
- Only days after the end of the American Civil War, in 1865, Frederick Douglass, elected president of the <u>Convention of Black Americans</u>, spoke during a meeting of the African Slavery Society, explaining why the black men required the right to vote and the need to make justice for them. Here is an excerpt of what his speech:
<em>“…If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If he knows enough to shoulder a musket and fight for the flag for the government, he knows enough to vote…What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.”
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- Thus, in 1869, while this issue was being discussed in the Congress, 150 black men from several states gathered for the <u>Convention of Black Americans</u>, which took place in Washington, D.C. and was the first one in the U.S. history.
- After debating in the Congress, the 15th Amendment, which granted male African American the right to vote, was finally adopted in 1870. Moreover, the Article 1 of such Amendment states that <em>"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
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A. Transcontinental railroad
