According to your instructor, the list of American descendants who could rightfully sue on behalf of the discriminatory treatment received by their ancestors, both official and not, is limited to both Native Americans and African Americans.



Voter turnout for presidential elections in the late nineteenth century was much higher in terms of percentages than is the case in recent years, even higher than the 2008 turnout for Barack Obama.



Reform and protest movements of the late nineteenth century were able to overcome racial and ethnic prejudice in their organizations.



After Reconstruction, the government turned away from any interference in society or the economy.


The Union naval blockade of the South was initially successful but became less so as the Civil War dragged on.