RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Southern and Northern leaders agreed to end the Civil War.
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Southern states were more accepting of Union control during Reconstruction.
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The loss of leadership made overcoming the challenges the nation faced moredifficult.
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Foreign powers used the political instability to try re-establishing colonies in LatinAmerica.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lincoln’s assassination damaged the north’s and south’s relationship, increasing the north’s hate toward the south. His death gave the Radical Republicans more freedom to punish the south. And it put Andrew Johnson in charge who also wanted to punish the south and had a very bad relationship with the Congressmen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Abraham Lincoln’s assassination dramatically changed the Reconstruction era. President Abraham Lincoln, America’s Civil War leader, was assassinated just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House, ending the four-year War Between the States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Abraham Lincoln had many challenges to overcome when he was elected President. Some of his challenges were slavery, the separation of the North and South, and the rising tensions of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln ended slavery, brought the United States back together, and ended the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lincoln set a high standard for leadership in time of war. He called forth the resources of the nation, appointed the agents of victory, set the strategy, took the necessary steps to restrain those who would cooperate with the disunionists, and provided the rhetoric that stirred the people.