Chapter 161. Reflections on Wartime Reconstruction, Chapter 16

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Correct. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, in 1863 and 1864, President Lincoln, the U.S. Congress, and U.S. military leaders began to plan for the restoration of the Union, but their approaches frequently conflicted with one another and with the desires of the freed slaves.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, in 1863 and 1864, President Lincoln, the U.S. Congress, and U.S. military leaders began to plan for the restoration of the Union, but their approaches frequently conflicted with one another and with the desires of the freed slaves.

Correct. The answer is a. The author describes President Lincoln’s 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to illustrate his argument that Lincoln’s wartime plans for restoring the Union favored the interests of Confederate rebels over those of the freed slaves. Lincoln offered full pardons and political rights to rebels who were willing to renounce secession and accept emancipation. This plan did not require ex-rebels to extend social or political rights to ex-slaves, and it provided for a Confederate state’s readmission to the Union once 10 percent of its voting population had taken an oath of allegiance to the United States.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author describes President Lincoln’s 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to illustrate his argument that Lincoln’s wartime plans for restoring the Union favored the interests of Confederate rebels over those of the freed slaves. Lincoln offered full pardons and political rights to rebels who were willing to renounce secession and accept emancipation. This plan did not require ex-rebels to extend social or political rights to ex-slaves, and it provided for a Confederate state’s readmission to the Union once 10 percent of its voting population had taken an oath of allegiance to the United States.

Correct. The answer is d. To validate his argument that the U.S. Congress endorsed a different vision for Reconstruction than the president, the author describes Congress’s plan for Reconstruction known as the Wade-Davis Bill, which banned most ex-Confederates from participating in the drafting of state constitutions, required half of a state’s voters to take an oath of allegiance before its readmission to the Union, and guaranteed the equality of freedmen before the law.

Incorrect. The answer is d. To validate his argument that the U.S. Congress endorsed a different vision for Reconstruction than the president, the author describes Congress’s plan for Reconstruction known as the Wade-Davis Bill, which banned most ex-Confederates from participating in the drafting of state constitutions, required half of a state’s voters to take an oath of allegiance before its readmission to the Union, and guaranteed the equality of freedmen before the law.

Correct. The answer is c. To support his argument that the freed slaves had their own visions of their futures in the post-Civil War South, the author describes 10,000 black families’ settlement on land confiscated from Confederates in coastal South Carolina, indicating that most ex-slaves anticipated having farms of their own.

Incorrect. The answer is c. To support his argument that the freed slaves had their own visions of their futures in the post-Civil War South, the author describes 10,000 black families’ settlement on land confiscated from Confederates in coastal South Carolina, indicating that most ex-slaves anticipated having farms of their own.

Correct. The answer is c. To demonstrate Lincoln’s evolving position on reconstruction, the author presents a quote from Lincoln’s last public speech in which he endorsed, for the first time, suffrage for southern blacks, at least “the very intelligent, and…those who serve our cause as soldiers.”

Incorrect. The answer is c. To demonstrate Lincoln’s evolving position on reconstruction, the author presents a quote from Lincoln’s last public speech in which he endorsed, for the first time, suffrage for southern blacks, at least “the very intelligent, and…those who serve our cause as soldiers.”

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