Question

1) What was the MAIN goal of Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Civil War?
A) end slavery
B) save the Union
C) destroy the South
D) win the Election of 1864
2)
Which is the correct definition of the post-Civil War term carpetbagger?
A) a person in the South who opposed expansion west of the Mississippi River
B) a person in the South who supported expansion west of the Mississippi River
C) a person from the North who would move to the South in order to make money following the Civil War
D) a person from the North who would opposed the Federal policies of Reconstruction in the South following the Civil War
3)
Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 14th Amendment
C) 15th Amendment
D) 16th Amendment
4)
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
What was the main goal of the 15th Amendment?
A) to punish southern states
B) to avoid another Civil War
C) to granting women the right to vote
D) to grant former slaves voting rights

Answer 1

1. ans a. option

2. ans d . option .

3. ans b . option

4. ans c. option .

Answer 2

Answer:

1) B) Save the Union

2) C) a person from the North who would move to the South in order to make money following the Civil War

3) A) 13th Amendment

4) C) to grant former slaves voting rights.

Explanation:

1) Abraham Lincoln hated slavery. During the American Civil War, President Lincoln noted that his purpose in fighting the South was to save the Union, not to free the slaves.

2) The definition of the post-Civil war term Carpetbagger - is a person from the North who went to the South after the Civil war and became active in politics, especially to make profits from the unsettled political and social conditions of the place during reconstruction.

3) 13th Amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and endorsed on December 6, 1865. to abolish slavery.

4) The main goal of the 15th Amendment was passed on February 26, 1869, and was sanctioned on February 3, 1870, by Congress to grant African American men the right to vote to African Americans are the former slaves of the United States.  

Hence, Abraham Lincoln's main goal was to save the union.

The term Carpetbagger -  a northerner who moved to the South in order to make money.

The 13th Amendment was passed to abolish slavery.

The 15th Amendment was to grant voting rights to African Americans.