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Why was President Lincoln unable to persuade Congress to accept his Reconstruction plan?

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President Lincoln’s plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.

President Lincoln’s plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.

Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.

Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.

Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.

Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.

President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.

President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.
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Answer 1

President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.

(After his assassination in April 1865 Radical Republicans in Congress implemented a harsher Reconstruction than Lincoln had proposed.)