What is navigation?
a. a wider, open-roofed wooden ship used for sailing across the ocean
b. a type of low, open-roofed wooden ship used for sailing down rivers
c. a tool used to determine the angle of the sun or stars above the horizon
d. the act of working out the location of something and the route to get there

Which is the best conclusion that can be drawn regarding the status of african-americans in the south in the late 1800s? a) african-americans made tremendous political, social, and economic advancements during the reconstruction era. b) passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the u.s. constitution guaranteed equal status and rights for all african-americans. c) the reconstruction policies enacted by the federal government were highly effective in african-american citizens transition to life after slavery. d) although african-americans had equal rights under federal law they were still economically, politically, and socially inferior to whites in the south during the reconstruction era.