Within how many years following the Civil War were Confederate leaders pardoned or granted voting rights? A. seven
B. five
C. twelve
D. nine

The correct answer is option B "Five Years"

Explanation:

On December 8, 1863, in his yearly message to Congress, President Lincoln illustrated his arrangements for remaking of the South, which included terms for pardon to previous Confederates. An absolution would require a vow of devotion, yet it would not reestablish possession to previous slaves, or reestablish seized property which included an outsider. The acquittal rejected office holders of the Confederate government or people who had abused detainees. Congress, nonetheless, protested Lincoln's arrangements as being excessively tolerant and wouldn't perceive delegates from the remade legislatures of Louisiana and Arkansas. Congress rather passed the Swim Davis Bill, which required portion of any previous Confederate state's electors to swear faithfulness to the US and furthermore swear that they had not upheld the Alliance.

The bill additionally finished bondage, however didn't permit previous captives to cast a ballot. President Lincoln rejected the bill. During his administration Lincoln gave 64 absolution for war-related offenses; 22 for scheme, 17 for injustice, 12 for resistance, 9 for holding an office under the Alliance, and 4 for presenting with the agitators

Five years

Explanation:

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.

it granted civil rights to african americans.