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 state
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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 "10 Percent Plan," was aimed at facilitating the reconstruction of the Southern states and allowing them to rejoin the Union more quickly and with less punishment.
