Healing & Justice Poll

1. Those who win a war have the right to impose any punishment they wish on those who lost.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

2. Allowing former Confederates to vote, hold office, and resume governing their states (but without slavery) is the quickest way to restore the Union and heal the hatred that caused the Civil War.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

3. During and after the Civil War, the federal government had the right to seize land owned by Southern planters and give it to freed people.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

4. To ensure the strongest possible democracy after the Civil War, neither former slaves nor former Confederates should be excluded from voting and holding office.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

5. Forcing ex-Confederates to take an oath in support of the United States and the Constitution is an effective way to ensure that they will accept the end of slavery and be loyal citizens.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

6. Giving freed people citizenship, voting rights, and the ability to hold elected office would not be worth it if such steps make it difficult for healing to occur between the North and South.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree