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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
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The major example of 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, known as the Ten Percent Plan, demonstrated Lincoln's desire to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union quickly and with minimal punishment.
