Which argument was used by president abraham
lincoln to explain his policy of leniency toward
the south after the civil war?
(1) most southerners have remained loyal to the
union during the war.
(2) most southerners are willing to grant equality
to formerly enslaved persons.
(3) the federal government has no authority to
punish states for secession.
(4) healing the nation’s wounds quickly is
essential.

first second and third

explanation:

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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