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  1. Who served as President of the United States throughout most of the Civil War?

    Answer: Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President and led the Union through the Civil War from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865, just days after the war effectively ended.

  2. What did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution accomplish?

    Answer: It abolished slavery throughout the entire United States

    Ratified in December 1865, the 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude everywhere in the United States, making permanent what the Emancipation Proclamation had begun.

  3. Where did Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender to end the Civil War?

    Answer: Appomattox Court House, Virginia

    On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War.

  4. What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

    Answer: A federal agency created to assist formerly enslaved people after the Civil War

    Established in 1865, the Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency that provided food, housing, education, and legal assistance to formerly enslaved people and poor white Southerners during Reconstruction.

  5. What did the 14th Amendment to the Constitution establish?

    Answer: It granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

    Ratified in 1868, the 14th Amendment granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people and guaranteed equal protection and due process under the law to all persons, overturning the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision.

  6. What was the primary goal of Reconstruction following the Civil War?

    Answer: To reunite the country and integrate formerly enslaved people as free citizens

    Reconstruction (1865–1877) was the federal effort to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union, rebuild the war-torn South, and establish civil and political rights for formerly enslaved African Americans.