The first battle of bull run, each side had about 18,000 poorly trained and poorly led troops.
A sharp decline in President Johnson's popularity.
The Kennedy Administration forbade government contractors from discriminating against any applicant or employee for employment on the grounds of national origin, color, creed, or race. The Plan for Progress was launched by the CEEO to persuade large employers to adopt equal opportunity practices.
Answer: A primary focus of Grant's administration was Reconstruction, and he worked to reconcile the North and South while also attempting to protect the civil rights of newly freed black slaves
The Pacific Railroad Act stipulated that the Central Pacific Railroad Company would start building in Sacramento and continue east across the Sierra Nevada, while a second company, the Union Pacific Railroad, would build westward from the Missouri River, near the Iowa-Nebraska border.
