Chapter 14

Quiz for Document 14-1: Abraham Lincoln, Last Public Address (1865)

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Question 1

In his last public address in April of 1865, Abraham Lincoln hints at the approach he would take toward the process of Reconstruction. What part of Lincoln’s speech might have provoked John Wilkes Booth to murder Lincoln four days later?A. Lincoln’s support for black suffrage
B. The question of whether or not to recognize the new state government of Louisiana
C. Lincoln’s celebration of the war’s imminent end
D. Lincoln’s call for a national thanksgiving

Question 2

Lincoln asserts the that reconstruction of the Union is complicated by the fact that there is no legitimate authority with which the Union could negotiate a treaty, and by the fact thatA. African American suffrage was being denied in Louisiana.
B. Northerners disagreed over the meaning and terms of reconstruction.
C. Southern leaders refuse to compromise on loyalty oaths.
D. traitors to the Union deserved immediate execution.

Question 3

Louisiana’s plan for reconstructing state government, writing a constitution, and complying with emancipation was based on a loyalty oath taken by aA. majority of the state’s voting population.
B. majority of the state’s African American males.
C. small minority of the state’s voting population.
D. unanimous assembly of all voters.