Which of the Following Correctly States the Belief of Thaddeus

question 74

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly states the belief of Thaddeus Stevens and other congressional Republicans who criticized Lincoln' s approach to Reconstruction?

• A) The South's plantation elite erred in establishing the Confederacy, but the Union itself was never broken and endured through the Civil War.
• B) The Reconstruction process outlined in the Constitution should be closely followed.
• C) The president has sole responsibility for Reconstruction.
• D) The Confederate states, by seceding and making war against the United States, lost their status as states and should now be treated as conquered territories.

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