Question

50 points if you answer these within an hour (wrong answers will be reported and stripped of points)

1. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed all slaves, but many continued in slavery until after the war. Why would many in the South ignore the Proclamation?

2: Who was the first state to secede (leave) the Union? How was this action viewed by Lincoln?

3: Who was Robert E. Lee? Why was he important during the Civil War?

4: Who was Ulysses S. Grant? Why was he important during the Civil War?

5: How did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln affect Reconstruction?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

5.Lincoln's assassination damaged the north's and south's relationship, increasing the north's hate toward the south. His death gave the Radical Republicans more freedom to punish the south. And it put Andrew Johnson in charge who also wanted to punish the south and had a very bad relationship with the Congressmen.