Question

Which of the following is a major example of Abraham Lincoln’s policy of leniency toward the defeated South?
Responses

President Lincoln’s willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government’s war debts
President Lincoln’s willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government’s war debts

President Lincoln’s choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election
President Lincoln’s choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election

President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union
President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union

President Lincoln’s decision to extend the Emancipation Proclamation to include all states

Answer 1

President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union