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

Question

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Responses

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

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

Answer 1

The correct response is:

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

Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 interrupted his efforts and left the direction of Reconstruction in the hands of his successor, Andrew Johnson, and a Congress that had different views on how to proceed with Reconstruction in the South.