Question

1. this excerpt is from general ulysses s. grant’s memoirs.

excerpt from ulysses s. grants memoirs: it would be impossible for me to describe the feeling that overcame me at the news of... the assassination of the president. i knew... his desire to see all the people of the united states enter again upon the full privileges of citizenship.... i knew also the feeling that mr. johnson had expressed in speeches... against the southern people, and i feared that his course towards them would be such as to repel, and make them unwilling citizens. -ulysses s. grant, personal memoirs of u.s. grant, 1865

based on the excerpt, what did ulysses s. grant fear might happen after the assassination of president lincoln?

multiple choice options:

• the government would impose strict requirements on the southern states
• the southern states would deny equal rights to those in the northern states
• the southern states would be welcomed back into the union.
• the government would favor the southern states over the northern states
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Explanation:

From the excerpt, Grant knew Lincoln wanted full citizenship for all and feared Johnson's anti - Southern stance. So he feared Johnson's actions towards Southern states (like strict requirements) would repel them, making them unwilling citizens. The option "The government would impose strict requirements on the Southern states" matches this fear as strict requirements could repel the Southern states. The other options: the second option is about Southern denying Northern rights (not in excerpt), the third is the opposite of what he feared (he feared rejection, not welcome), the fourth is about favoring South over North (excerpt is about Johnson's anti - Southern stance, not favoring South).

Answer:

A. The government would impose strict requirements on the Southern states