Ameliorate Thaddeus Stevens

Directions:  look for a missing comma. After you ameliorate the sentence below, compose another sentence about Thaddeus Stevens using APPOSITION.

The most prominent radical republican in Congress during Reconstruction Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) was born and educated in New England.

Suggested Answer:
The most prominent Radical Republican in Congress during Reconstruction, Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) was born and educated in New England.

Possible Apposition:  
Thaddeus Stevens, born in 1792 and died in 1868, was a Radical Republican.

Ameliorate the End of Reconstruction

Directions: ameliorate, or improve, the following sentence. There are three missing commas.
In 1877 President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the South and the bayonet-backed Republican governments collapsed thereby ending Reconstruction.

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Suggested Answer:
In 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the South, and the bayonet-backed Republican governments collapsed, thereby ending Reconstruction.

Ameliorate Border States

Directions: grammatically correct the following 3 sentences. There are five missing commas. There is apposition, too. Can you find it?
The border states were the slave states that did not leave the Union these states included Delaware Kentucky Maryland and Missouri West Virginia also considered a border state was created in 1863.

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Suggested Answer:
The border states were the slave states that did not leave the Union. These states included Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri; West Virginia, also considered a border state, was created in 1863.

Ameliorate John Brown

Directions: there are four missing commas and three sentences. Please use at least one semicolon and two periods. 

John Brown a radical abolitionist advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the slavery he fought pro-slavery groups at Bleeding Kansas in 1856 in 1859 Brown attempted to start a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry Virginia.

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Suggested Answer:
John Brown, a radical abolitionist, advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the slavery; he fought pro-slavery groups at Bleeding Kansas in 1856. In 1859, Brown attempted to start a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

Ameliorate HOMESTEAD ACT

Directions: look for four proper nouns needing capitalization and two missing commas.
Signed into law by president abraham lincoln on may 20 1862 the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. 

SUGGESTED ANSWER: 
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. 

Ameliorate the Louisiana Purchase

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence below, in red. There are two missing commas.
The Louisiana Purchase a large amount of land acquired from France in 1803 doubled the size of the United States. 

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suggested answer:
The Louisiana Purchase, a large amount of land acquired from France in 1803, doubled the size of the United States.