Why did southerners reject Lincoln's offer of amnesty in 1864?

a. They thought they could still win the war.
b. They claimed they had "committed no crime."
c. It involved freeing their slaves.
d. They had no intention of ever rejoining the Union.


ANSWER: b

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A) It was based largely on the ideas of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson. B) It came to nothing because no colonial legislature would surrender control over its powers of taxation. C) It called for a Grand Council that would devise military and Indian policies and demand funds from the colonies. D) It was organized to resolve differences among the colonies and restore the confidence of the Indians. E) It called for establishing the capital of the United States at Albany, New York.

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Please provide the best answer for the statement.

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A. rejected legislative attempts by Senator Robert Wagner to strengthen labor. B. moved away from altering the income tax. C. called for greater civil rights for American minority groups. D. introduced government-funded unemployment checks. E. became more willing to attack corporate interests openly.

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