This law, passed by congress in 1924, lowered the number of allowed immigrants from european nations to 2 percent of the number who lived in the united states as reported in the 1890 census.

- "a new era of american politics began with jackson's election in 1828, but it also completed a grand social experiment begun by the american revolution. nevertheless, jacksonian democracy represented a provocative blending of the best and worst qualities of american society."

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the carthaginian general hannibal