How might Reconstruction have been different if Lincoln had not been assassinated?
A) African Americans might have gained political and economic rights sooner, since Lincoln was a strong supporter of equal rights for all Americans.
B) Terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan would not have developed in the South and African Americans would not have been violently attacked.
C) Women would also have gained the right to vote, since Lincoln would have encouraged this in the Fifteenth Amendment.
D) Lincoln would have refused to allow any former Confederates to participate in the Republican government.
E) Since Lincoln favored more leniency toward the South, readmission of southern states might have happened more rapidly.
Answer: E
You might also like to view...
According to the Kentucky Resolutions, ________
A) ultimate power always remained with the federal government B) states had the right to nullify federal law under certain circumstances C) the Sedition Act was worthy of enforcement by the states D) Kentucky chose to remain neutral in the contest between Hamilton and Jefferson E) the “general welfare” of the nation should be the guiding principle in state decisions
President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for
A. a freeze on the minimum wage to combat inflation. B. a slight reduction of Social Security benefits. C. a retraction of many New Deal programs. D. an end to the Fair Employment Practices Act and other wartime measures. E. the creation of national health insurance.
What river is associated with Julius Caesar?s defiance of the Roman Senate?
A) Tiber B) Danube C) Po D) Rubicon E) Rhine
In a pastoral economy, people rely mainly on __________
A) farming B) hunting C) foraging D) herding