5. Which of the following is a major example of President Abraham Lincoln's policy of leniency toward the defeated South?(1 point)

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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 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 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

The major example of President Abraham Lincoln's policy of leniency toward the defeated South is:

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

This policy is known as the "Ten Percent Plan" and demonstrated Lincoln's intention to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union with relative ease after the Civil War.