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.