RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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He wished to end the war as quickly as possible.
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He sympathized with the southern idea of slavery.
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He wanted southern politicians to re-elect him.
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He did not believe that the war was unconstitutional.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln’s blueprint for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan, which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lincoln’s decision to fight rather than to let the Southern states secede was not based on his feelings towards slavery. Rather, he felt it was his sacred duty as President of the United States to preserve the Union at all costs.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.