Most of the freedmen became sharecroppers of the landowners. Although they were promised wages, the freedmen ended up with more debts than they could pay. This economic opportunity turned out to be another form of servitude. The sharecroppers had to live on credit from the landowners until they were able to sell their cotton. Oftentimes they still owed the landowners because the latter charged high prices and interest which they collected out of the crop earnings at the end of the season. More often than not, this left the sharecropper with very minimal or no profit at all and they had to work off this debt the next season.
The Democratic party did not oppose the spreading of slavery.
Ethnic minorities had always have to face many kinds of discrimination in the west, generally because of their racial features and some different aspects in their cultures. Indians, Latin Americans, Asians, Arabians, etc had always been discriminated against and found it difficult to get jobs, be accepted at schools, have friends, have social life and fit in American society. Some ethnic groups suffered more than others. For example, Arabians tend to continue using their typical clothes. As a result, American society regards them as different from the very beginning.
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When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, it led to Russia declaring war on Austria-Hungary as well because Russia was in an alliance with Serbia.
Germany which had an alliance with Austria-Hungary via the Triple Alliance then declared war on Russia.
Russia was already in an alliance with Great Britain and France known as the Triple Entente and when Germany declared war on Russia, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Thus began the Great War.
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Once Congress has passed a bill, the president has the power to veto that bill. In turn, Congress can override a regular presidential veto by a two-thirds vote of both houses. ... By passing amendments to the Constitution, Congress can effectively check the decisions of the Supreme Court.
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