Directions: there is one missing comma.
Prior to the introduction of the mechanical cotton gin cotton had required considerable labor to clean and separate the fibers from the seeds.
Video: Start at 10:04 for Cotton Gin
Suggested answer:
Prior to the introduction of the mechanical cotton gin, cotton had required considerable labor to clean and separate the fibers from the seeds.
Directions: grammatically correct the sentences below, in red.
The Battle of Yorktown ended on October 19 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia it was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops and French Army troops over the British Army.
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suggested correct correction:
The Battle of Yorktown ended on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia. It was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops and French Army troops over the British Army.
Directions: students should correct the two grammatically incorrect sentences below, in red. There is a misused word and a missing SEMICOLON and a missing COLON used ( : )
president theodore roosevelt was a proponent of imperialism he demonstrated this in too forceful ways building the panama canal and issuing the roosevelt corollary.
Video #1 of canal transit
VIDEO #2of Panama Canal Transit
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
Suggested Answer:
President Theodore Roosevelt was a proponent of imperialism; he demonstrated this in two forceful ways: building the Panama Canal and issuing the Roosevelt Corollary.
Directions: correct the following sentences. .
while intended to assimilate Indians into white culture the Dawes Act of 1887 was the culmination of American attempt's two open Indian lands two settlement by non-Indians and two development by railroads.
Link to ASSIMILATION of INDIANS : Visual RESOURCES
Suggested Answer:
While intended to assimilate Indians into white culture, the Dawes Act of 1887 was the culmination of American attempts to open Indian lands to settlement by non-Indians and to development by railroads.
