Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts

Monday, November 7, 2016

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′. 


Sunday, March 2, 2014

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.


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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.