<p>Oh, right… I forgot about that. So I guess the Conscription Act (1863) would be the answer, although the first nation-wide draft (and one in which the draftee could not buy his way out) would have been the Selective Service Act of 1917…</p>
<p>What was the Civil Rights Act of 1957? Who was against it? Who led the longest filibuster as a response? How was it ineffective?</p>
<p>whoa, I don’t know all the detials, but the civil rights act of 1957 was passed during the Eisenhower administration to investigate systematic discrimination and it created the US commission on Civil Rights. it wasn’t effective because the Eisenhower administration only came up with it in order to appease and hopefully silence the civil rights groups and keep them from organizing any further. </p>
<p>And in response to KingsFan, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were both authors during the Harlem Renaissance.</p>
<p>Q: Which Utopian Community produced writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, and what do historians call this literary outpouring of the mid nineteenth century?</p>
<p>Brook farm? (not sure about this one)
transcendentalism </p>
<p>What was the proclamation of 1763
what effect did mercantilism have on colonial economy and politics?</p>
<p>Proclamation of 1763 forbade americans from crossing the appalachian mountains-to avoi conflict with indians.
Colonial economy served as a exporter of raw materials, and provider for markets. Politics:- it attached US to English system of influences. But obviously was resented in the early 1770s</p>
<p>Who was the Supreme court judge during civil rights movement of 1960s?</p>
<p>warren</p>
<p>how did the republican party form</p>
<p>Due to anger from the Kansas Nebraska act.</p>
<p>What was Britian’s most valuable colony during colonial times?</p>
<p>virginia.
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<p>who founded new jersey?</p>
<p>what was the highest tariff in US History?</p>
<p>Hawley-Smoot tariff, it was passed by Hoover becasue it thought it would somehow (donno his logic behind it) put an end to the Great Depression. It definitely did not work. I think it raised the tariff rate to like 60%, not positive tho</p>
<p>What was ironic about the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?</p>
<p>The AFL was a breakoff of the Knights of Labor. It was ironic because it was more of an “old” union because it focused on wages, hours, working conditions. Most labor unions of the time fought for radical social changes, whereas Sam Gompers and his chums fought for immediate gains. It was a group of “skilled” workers, and they generally got what they wanted with little conflict.</p>
<p>Why did Calvin Coolidge win re-election in 1924 despite the Harding scandals that were revealed at/after Harding’s death?</p>
<p>“Why did Calvin Coolidge win re-election in 1924 despite the Harding scandals that were revealed at/after Harding’s death?”</p>
<p>Because the country was prosperous, so everyone just wanted to keep things the way they were – “Keep Cool With Cal.”</p>
<p>Q: The Root-Takahira Agreement did what?</p>
<p>A: It was an agreemnt between US and Japan that established the status quo of Asian colonies and in which Japan accpeted the Open Door Notes. Made during Roosevelt’s era (early 1900’s)</p>
<p>Q: explain Eishenhower’s position as a “dynamic conservative”</p>
<p>He was “liberal when it came to people and conservative when it came to money” He was a moderate conservative, basically.</p>
<p>Who was the first president to be shot during office?</p>
<p>Lincoln?? is this a trick question?? </p>
<p>Name the president that endorsed “big stick” politics</p>
<p>Lincoln.
TR
What act did Eke propose that was similar to the New Deal? In what sense was Eke a moderate? In what sense was he conservative?</p>
<p>it’s ike, for future reference…</p>
<p>oh sorry…</p>