In his campaign to be reelected President in 1864, Lincoln was helped by?

Question

a)the death of General Lee.
b)Northern victories on the battlefield.
c)the votes of freed slaves.
d)strong Southern support.

Answer 1

b

Answer 2

A) General Lee died after the war was over. His surrender at Appomattox ended the war.

C) Slaves could not vote until after the war, and not regularly until the civil right movement of the 1960s

D) The south had no say in who the U.S. President was since they rebelled and tried to form a new nation (the Confederacy).


The correct answer is B. The most important victory was when General Sherman captured Atlanta. This victory helped to propel Lincoln to his second term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_in_the_Civil_War#Aftermath

Answer 3

Greg got it all correct, except the fact that when Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomatox Courthouse, VA, he only controlled about a third of the Confederate armies at the time. The war continued until the surrender of the Army of Tennessee in North Carolina a few weeks later, and then after that the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi units (west of the River).

Answer 4

Lee did not die until a few years after the Civil war

Freed slaves did not have the right to vote until the XIII amendment was passed in 1865

Lincoln never had southern support

B Thanks to Sherman and Grant

Answer 5

B