Compare Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as wartime political leaders.

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Once the war began, Lincoln assumed new and expanded executive powers.
2. For the most part, the Lincoln administration tolerated a broad spectrum of political dissent.
3. Lincoln was singularly adept at the art of party leadership.
4. Most historians agree that Jefferson Davis was a less effective war leader.
5. Davis’s greatest failing was his lack of initiative and leadership in dealing with the home front.
6. As the war dragged on, Davis’s support eroded.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A) granted freedom of worship to Huguenots. B) forced conversion of Protestants to Catholicism in France. C) limited female participation in government. D) separated the authority of the French king from the papal authority of the Roman Catholic Church. E) was authored by Louis XIV.

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What will be an ideal response?

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A. as a Democrat. B. until he was wounded in an assassination attempt. C. to draw attention to his opposition to segregation. D. as a critic of the war in Vietnam. E. based on a variety of conservative grievances.

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