During the years leading up to the civil war, southerners referred to slavery as “our peculiar institution.” in this instance, peculiar meant

a. "strange" or "distasteful"

b. "wrong" or "illegal"

c. "our own” or “characteristic of a particular place.”

d. "permanent" or "unchanging"

Was the first african american to be appointed to the u.s. supreme court.

The 1884 amendment added onto the chinese exclusion act included what additional stipulation? the law would apply to ethnic chinese regardless of which asian country they originated from. the law would provide newly arrived chinese immigrants with land in the oklahoma territory. the law would establish all chinese americans as permanent aliens and deny them citizenship. the law would prohibit chinese immigrants from reentering the united states once they exited.

Why was l ‘enfant dismisses from his job? what activity was it suppose to stop?me, i beg you