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In the early 1800s voting rights for many american citizens broadened because many states diminished or rescinded property voting requirements more people could vote.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In the early 1800s, voting rights for many American citizens broadened;  because many states diminished, or rescinded, property voting requirements, more people could vote.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

Directions: correct the sentece(s) below, in red. There is one colon and two commas.
the missouri compromise had three parts no slavery above the 36-30 line entry of Maine as a free state entry of missouri as a slave state. 

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suggested answer: 
The Missouri Compromise had three parts: no slavery above the 36-30 line, entry of Maine as a free state, and entry of Missouri as a slave state. 

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 the Barbary Pirates

Directions: Students should grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red.  There is one missing comma and several words needing capitalization.
because president thomas jefferson did not want to continue to pay high ransoms for kidnapped american sailors he dispatched the united states navy to end the threat to american ships along the north african coast.

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Because President Thomas Jefferson did not want to continue to pay high ransoms for kidnapped American sailors, he dispatched the United States Navy to end the threat to American ships along the North African coast. 

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.