Which of the Following Was Part of Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction

question 78

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was part of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

• A) Even before the war ended, army generals would play barely any role in the governance of conquered Confederate areas as a means of regaining the Confederates' trust.
• B) Congress, rather than the president, would supervise Reconstruction because this would help replace the white, Democratic planter elite with a generation of small farmers.
• C) Northern state governments would oversee Reconstruction, and 10 percent of elected officials in a state had to be African Americans in order for the Union to officially recognize them as states.
• D) The presidency would direct Reconstruction, and 10 percent of the 1860 voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the Union in order for former Confederate states to re-create a Union government.
• E) Although almost all Confederates in general would be put on trial and, in many cases, sent to prison, the government agreed to issue pardons to senior officers of the Confederate army.

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