For number 1 I believe its B.
Number 2 is A.
Number 3 answer is D.
Political speech is important in our system because the country (AKA America) runs off of political views and opinions
Imperialism is basically a policy that extends a country's power and influence through a military force and/or a diplomacy.
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Section4. In 1865 President Andrew Johnson implemented a plan of Reconstruction that gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South.
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