Which of the Following Statements About Lincoln's Reconstruction Policy Is

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about Lincoln's Reconstruction policy is LEAST accurate?

• A)According to his policy,a state could return to the Union once one-tenth of its citizens who had been eligible to vote in 1860 swore an oath of loyalty to the United States.
• B)Lincoln's policy required southern states to accept the abolition of slavery as a condition of returning to the Union.
• C)Lincoln insisted that southern states grant voting rights to black Union veterans as a condition of returning to the Union.
• D)Lincoln granted amnesty to most former Confederates,but not to certain high-ranking government and military figures.

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Lower South

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