One big way to add variety in your writing is to add specific details about each subject. Using synonyms instead of boring words (good/great/important/nice) and expand your vocabulary. Look up story ideas if you’re stuck on those. Good luck!! :)
<span>Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War. Though the Union victory had given some 4 million slaves their freedom, the question of freed blacks’ status in the postwar South was still very much unresolved. Under black codes, many states required blacks to sign yearly labor contracts; if they refused, they risked being arrested, fined and forced into unpaid labor. Outrage over black codes helped undermine support for President Andrew Johnson and the Republican Party.</span>
Resident Johnson's Great Society sought to address many issues in society in the US, but one of the most important was the issue of poverty and inequality in social mobility.
A cylinder seal which they rolled across the wet clay.
