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

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O President Lincoln's willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government's war debts
O President Lincoln's choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election
O President Lincoln's decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union
O President Lincoln's decision to extend the Emancipation Proclamation to include all states

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

O 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 approach was part of Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, which aimed to facilitate a smooth reintegration of the Southern states into the Union after the Civil War.