Lincoln the Movie TOTD 1

How did Mr. Lincoln's associates convince congressmen to vote for the 13th Amendment?

• They pleaded with them to use their sense of sympathy for the slaves

• They threatened to have them drafted into military service during the Civil War

• They offered money and jobs in exchange for their votes.

• They promoted them to presidential cabinet positions

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What does Congressman Thaddeus Stevens tell President Lincoln he will push for after the war?

• Repeal the 13th Amendment and reinstitute slavery in the US

• To become the next President

• To keep the newly freed slaves in the southern states

• Full equality for all African Americans

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Why doesn't Mrs. Lincoln want her son Robert to join the army and go to war?

• He would be far from home in Washington D.C.

• Because he could die

• She wants him to become a politician like her husband

• Because he is rebellious and she doesn't believe he would make a good soldier

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How does President Lincoln ease the tension while they await the results of the Battle of Wilmington Harbor, NC?

• He tells a story of Ethan Allen and a battle at Ft. Ticonderoga in the American Revolution

• He sleeps peacefully in his bedroom at the White House

• He discusses his son Robert's wishes to join the Army

• He has tea with Mrs. Lincoln at the White House

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Why is Congressman Yeaman of Kentucky against freeing the slaves?

• Kentucky is a slave state and he is pro-slavery

• He fears black people will be given the right to vote

• He is afraid freed slaves will take his job

• He thinks it will bankrupt the United States with social services like public education

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