A Short History of the United States, 1492-1938Macmillan, 1939 - 1039 pages |
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... Senate . 2. The senate , composed of two members from each state chosen for six years by the state legislatures , each member to have one vote . One - third of the members are chosen every two years . Each senator must be at least ...
... Senate . 2. The senate , composed of two members from each state chosen for six years by the state legislatures , each member to have one vote . One - third of the members are chosen every two years . Each senator must be at least ...
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... senate portion , was somewhat milder in feeling , but he too was opposed to presidential reconstruction . Freedmen's But the first move came in the senate . January 5 , 1866 , the judiciary committee , through its chairman , Lyman ...
... senate portion , was somewhat milder in feeling , but he too was opposed to presidential reconstruction . Freedmen's But the first move came in the senate . January 5 , 1866 , the judiciary committee , through its chairman , Lyman ...
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... Senate . Other hostile senators were less prominently identified with monied interests . Some of them were men of excellent character and ability , and they undoubtedly felt that they were fighting a radical movement which had in it ...
... Senate . Other hostile senators were less prominently identified with monied interests . Some of them were men of excellent character and ability , and they undoubtedly felt that they were fighting a radical movement which had in it ...
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Better Times in the Colony | 50 |
The Plymouth Colony | 59 |
The Colonies under the Later Stuarts 16601689 | 92 |
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