Ameliorate Jefferson Davis

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. The suggested answer is at the bottom of the screen. There are two missing commas and an omitted period.

Jefferson Finis Davis was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America he was a planter politician and soldier born in Kentucky and raised in Mississippi. 

Suggested correction:
Jefferson Finis Davis was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. He was a planter, politician, and soldier born in Kentucky and raised in Mississippi. 
Video biography about Jefferson Davis

Ameliorate the Cotton Gin

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. 

Ameliorate the Missouri Compromise

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence below, in red. There is one missing period, a missing comma, and one missing apostrophe. The suggested correction is located at the bottom.

The Missouri Compromise was devised by Henry Clay it regulated slavery in the countrys western territories by prohibiting slavery north of the parallel 36°30′. 

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Suggested Correction:

The Missouri Compromise was devised by Henry Clay; it regulated slavery in the country's western territories by prohibiting slavery north of the parallel 36°30′. 

Ameliorate John Marshall

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence below. It is missing two commas.

John Marshall a soldier in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War is best known for serving on the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.

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Suggested correction:

John Marshall, a soldier in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, is best known for serving on the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.

Ameliorate the Battle of Yorktown

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.

Ameliorte Cortez

Directions: Look at the sentences below, in red. Add proper punctuation and fix the few proper nouns that need to be capitalized.

Hernán Cortés a spanish conquistador overthrew the Aztec empire in 1521 and made mexico a spanish territory. 

Video about Cortez with a written bio, as well.

Ameliorate Columbus

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence below, in red. There are two missing commas and one misused word.

Between 1492 and 1503 Columbus completed four round-trip voyages between Spain and the Americas all of them under the sponsorship of the Spanish King and Queen.

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Bio of Columbus

Ameliorate Indian Removal

Directions: Grammatically correct the sentences below, in red. There is a missing SEMI COLON ( ; ) a missing COLON ( : ) and SEVEN missing commas. The suggested correction is at the bottom of the page.
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28 1830 it effected many tribes Sac Fox Chicasaw  Choctaw  Cherokee  Creek  and Seminole.

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suggested answer: 
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830; it effected many tribes: Sac, Fox, Chicasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole.

Ameliorate Joseph Smith

Directions: grammatically correct the sentences below, in red. The suggested correction is at the bottom of the page.

Mormonism originated in the 1820s during a period of religious excitement known as the second Great Awakening it's founder was Joseph Smith.

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Suggested Answer
Mormonism originated in the 1820s, during a period of religious excitement known as the Second Great Awakening. Its founder was Joseph Smith.

Ameliorate Theodore Roosevelt's Foreign Policy

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. 

Ameliorate Horatio Alger

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentece below, in red. Look for five missing commas and several misused words.

Horatio Alger, Jr.  was a gilded age american author best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boy's and they're rise from humble backgrounds too lives of security and comfort thru hard work determination courage and honesty.

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Suggested Answer: 
Horatio Alger, Jr.  was a Gilded Age American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty.

Ameliorate the Holocaust

Directions: students should grammatically correct the following sentence(s), in red. There are two missing commas, a missing apostrophe and several capitalization errors.

The holocaust which occurred between 1941 and 1945 was the nazi germanys genocide of over six million european jews.

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Suggested Answer: 
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

Ameliorate Uncle Tom's Cabin

Directions: grammatically correct the following sentence,in red. There are three missing commas and several capitalization errors.

harriet beecher stowe's best known novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) changed forever how Americans viewed slavery the system that treated people as property.

video about Harriet Beecher Stowe
a link to ART Analysis

Suggested Answer:

Harriet Beecher Stowe's best known novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), changed forever how Americans viewed slavery, the system that treated people as property.

Ameliorate Early American Voting

Directions: Students should grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. 

In the early 1800s voting rights for many american citizens broadened because many states diminished or rescinded property voting requirements more people could vote.

suggested answer:

In the early 1800s, voting rights for many American citizens broadened;  because many states diminished, or rescinded, property voting requirements, more people could vote.

Ameliorate the early Industrial Revolution

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red.

after the war of 1812 the new england states became industrialized while the southern states economy centered on cotton production.

suggested answer:
After the War of 1812, the New England states became industrialized, while the Southern states' economies centered on cotton production.

Ameliorate Rosie the Riveter

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. There are 3 missing commas, 1 missing apostrophe. .

During World War Two United States factories produced the supplies needed to fight a modern war thus causing Rosie the Riveter to become a symbol of Americas industrial power.

Song about Rosie 
Artist Normal Rockwell and ROSIE

During World War Two, United States' factories produced the supplies needed to fight a modern war, thus causing Rosie the Riveter to become a symbol of America's industrial power.

Ameliorate the Great Depression

Directions: correct the sentence below, in red. Look for one missing semicolon (;) and 2 missing commas, along words needing capitalization.

when the great depression began in 1929 herbert hoover was president he lost the election of 1932 to Franklin D. Roosevelt who promised a new deal for the country. 

suggested answer: 

When the Great Depression began in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president; he lost the election of 1932 to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who promised a New Deal for the country.

Video: 1933 Inauguration speech



When the Great Depression began in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president. He lost the Election of 1932 to a man who promised America a New Deal: Franklin D. Roosevelt. 

Ameliorate the Palmer Raids

Directions: students should correct the sentence(s) below, in red. (psst...there is one missing comma.)

The palmer raids occurred in the larger context of the red scare the term given to feer of and reaction against political radical in the United States following world war one. 

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Suggested answer: 
The Palmer Raids occurred in the larger context of the Red Scare, the term given to fear of and reaction against political radicals in the United States following World War One. 

Ameliorate the Transcontinental Railroad

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. There are 4 MISSING COMMAS and several words needed capitalization.

The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10 1869 at promontory point utah was perhaps the greatest physical feet in America during the 1800s.

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The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah, was perhaps the greatest physical feat in America during the 1800s. 

Ameliorate Bull Run

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. There are 6 capitalization errors and 3 missing commas.

After the initial shots of the civil war at fort sumter the first major battle of the conflict occurred on July 21 1861 near a creek called bull run.

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Suggested Answer:
After the initial shots of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, the first major battle of the conflict occurred on July 21, 1861, near a creek called Bull Run.