Identify and explain the attitude toward Reconstruction expressed by the following presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses Grant
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Lincoln’s message in his second inaugural speech expressed his attitude toward Reconstruction: “With malice toward none, with charity for all.”
b. Lincoln called for an end to hatred and strife and a focus on healing and peace.
c. Andrew Johnson expressed his attitude toward Reconstruction with the statement, “Treason must be made odious, and traitors must be punished and impoverished.”
d. His actions, however, contrasted with his words because he granted amnesty to many Southern leaders and facilitated the return of Southern delegates to Congress.
e. Ulysses Grant accepted his nomination with the statement, “Let us have peace.”
f. However, he reacted to the violence of the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina as if it were waging war against the U.S. government.
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a. it damaged the economy severely. b. it decreased the number of imports. c. it caused mass starvation in Great Britain d. it ceased all trade with England.
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a) Kerr was pelted with wads of paper and shouted obscenities over the public address system. b) Kerr physically shoved Mario Savio off the stage as the latter tried to make a rebuttal. c) a policeman dragged Mario Savio off the stage as the latter tried to announce a rally later that day. d) police threw a canister of tear gas into the audience because they were getting restless and making "threatening gestures." e) Kerr showed no inclination to compromise and was booed off the stage.
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a. Zwingli. b. John Hus. c. Henry IV. d. Henry VIII. e. John Calvin.