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

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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 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

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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," was part of Lincoln's approach to Reconstruction and aimed to reintegrate the Southern states back into the Union with relative ease.