Why did Lincoln want to make it fairly easy for southerners to rejoin the Union?

Question

A. Making it easy to rejoin would be less of a headache for him in the end.

B. Lincoln did not feel it was necessary to make it easy for the southerners to rejoin the union.

C. Lincoln did not feel it was necessary to make it easy for the southerners to rejoin the union. The sooner they rejoined, the sooner the South could rebuild.

Answer 1

C. Lincoln did not feel it was necessary to make it easy for the southerners to rejoin the union. The sooner they rejoined, the sooner the South could rebuild.