USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Which describes Abraham Lincoln’s approach to the South at the end of the Civil War? The South should be treated with kindness and justice. During Congressional Reconstruction, what group held political power in the South?

Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln himself had a flexible and pragmatic approach to Reconstruction, insisting only that the Southerners, when defeated, pledge future loyalty to the Union and emancipate their enslaved persons. As the Southern states were subdued, he appointed military governors to supervise their restoration.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ten Percent plan was a Reconstruction plan for the south put forward by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. The basics of the plan were that a state would be readmitted when 10 percent of its 1860 voting population had taken an oath of allegiance to the Union and accepted the end of slavery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements best represents Abraham Lincoln’s experience of and views on slavery prior to the Civil War? “I oppose the spread of slavery into the West, but the Constitution has no authority to interfere with slavery where it already exists."

Detailed explanation-5: -The purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South become a part of the Union again. Federal troops occupied much of the South during the Reconstruction to insure that laws were followed and that another uprising did not occur. Many people wanted the South to be punished for trying to leave the Union.