John Wilkes Booth __________.Group of answer choicesimpeached Andrew Johnsonassassinated Abraham Lincolnintroduced the term “Reconstruction”founded Howard University

In 1860 the Republican candidate for president was __________.Group of answer choicesStephen A. DouglasJohn BellJohn BreckinridgeAbraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party’s achievements in winning the Civil War included WHICH ONE of the following?Group of answer choicesExecuting or imprisoning for life all the leading Confederate politicians and generalsEstablishing a viable Republican Party in the South that lasted through the 1940sAllowing slavery to exist until the 1890s in those Border States, such as Kentucky, that remained in the UnionMaintaining the Union and the integrity of democratic elections

One of the leading Radical Republicans was __________.Group of answer choicesAndrew JohnsonHenry ClaySamuel TildenThaddeus Stevens

Starting in 1860, Southern states began to secede in response to __________.Group of answer choicesthe election of Abraham Lincolnthe attack on Fort SumterJohn Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferrythe Kansas-Nebraska Act

2.  Lincoln's second inaugural address, which stated he would deal with the defeated South "with malice toward none" and "charity for all" showed that his proposed plan of Reconstruction would be:Group of answer choicesmoderateLenientsevereambiguous