RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Helped bring an end to slavery
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Opposed equal rights for African Americans
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Assassinated Lincoln
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Protected African American rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth became the first person to assassinate an American president when he shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in his box at Ford’s Theater in Washington.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln Myths and Misconceptions Quiz: Answer 12 | Looking for Lincoln | PBS. 12. After shooting Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth leapt from the balcony to the stage of Ford’s Theatre in Washington, breaking his leg in the process, and shouted “Sic Semper Tyrannis!”
Detailed explanation-3: -Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D.C., U.S. Occurring near the end of the American Civil War, Lincoln’s assassination was part of a larger conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the federal government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abraham Lincoln was attending a performance of the comedy, Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theatre, when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth in the back of the head with a . 44 caliber derringer.