Multiple choice

Why was Lincoln lenient toward the south after the Civil War?

  1. most southerners have remained loyal to the Union

  2. Most southerners are willing to grant equality

  3. the fed gov't has no authority to punish states

  4. Healing a nation's would quickly is essential
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Lincoln favored a lenient Reconstruction approach with his 10 percent Plan because he believed quickly reuniting the nation and healing war wounds was more important than punishing the South, unlike the Radical Republicans who wanted harsher terms.

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