RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT LINCOLNS LEGACY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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John Wilkes Booth acted alone in his assassination of Lincoln.
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President Lincoln knew that his life was in danger before he went to the theater.
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John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln because he was upset with the results of the Civil War.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Use the article “One Nation Again” and your knowledge of social studies to answer this question. Which statement about President Lincoln’s death is best supported by information from this week’s issue? John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln because he was upset with the results of the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Civil War was not entirely caused by Lincoln’s election, but the election was one of the primary reasons the war broke out the following year. Lincoln’s decision to fight rather than to let the Southern states secede was not based on his feelings towards slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -In December, President Lincoln proposed a reconstruction program that would allow Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths and the states recognized the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Emancipation Proclamation was the necessary legislation that gave slaves their opportunity to free life in the United States. It was the culminating act of many arguments and papers by abolitionists. It was an endearing proclamation by President Lincoln to free slaves. The oppression caused by servitude was lifted.