UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+

Robert Smalls : Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union Army Ten Percent Plan : Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form its own government after ten percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States Meant to shorten the war 2 Hoped to weaken the southern cause by making it easy for disillusioned or lukewarm confederates to switch sides Hoped to further his emancipation proclamation by insisting that the new governments abolish slavery Radical Republicans : After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the South Favored protection for black rights (especially black, male suffra