1) Which of the following statements is accurate? A.) Reconstruction has been viewed historically as a successful process of reconciliation B. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation granted full citizenship to Freed Slaves in the South C.) Texas cited the protection of the institution of negro slavery for its justification for succession D.) Lincoln wanted to severely punish the Confederacy for the atrocities of the American Civil War in stead of leniency and reconciliation.

1) Which of the following statements is accurate? A.) Reconstruction has been viewed historically as a successful process of reconciliation B. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation granted full citizenship to Freed Slaves in the South C.) Texas cited the protection of the institution of negro slavery for its justification for succession D.) Lincoln wanted to severely punish the Confederacy for the atrocities of the American Civil War in stead of leniency and reconciliation.