AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
END OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
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Why do you think Abraham Lincoln decided to present the 13th amendment before the restoration of the Southern states?
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It made it easier for Northern states to return to the Union.
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Southern states were enticed by it.
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It would have been easier to introduce it after the restoration.
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Those who wish to return to the Union had no choice but to abide by it.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by a constitutional amendment in order to guarantee the abolishment of slavery. The 13th Amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union, and should have easily passed in Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Abraham Lincoln make requirements for southern states to rejoin the Union as easy as possible? He wished to end the war as quickly as possible.
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