Members of Abraham Lincoln's Own Party Opposed His Proclamation of Amnesty

question 9

Multiple Choice

Members of Abraham Lincoln's own party opposed his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction because

• A)it promised too much financial compensation to former Confederates.
• B)it didn't go far enough to force the Confederacy to pay its debts.
• C)it granted too much land to freed people
• D)it left the door open to restrictive Southern measures to control former slaves.
• E)it punished former Confederates too harshly.

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