This excerpt expresses the view of the post-Civil War period held by A) "scalawags". B) "carpetbaggers". C) "cooperationists". D) Moderate Reconstructionists.

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Santiago Bryant

29 July, 10:18

This excerpt expresses the view of the post-Civil War period held by A) "scalawags". B) "carpetbaggers". C) "cooperationists". D) Moderate Reconstructionists.

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Genesis Barnett · Answer 1

Answer: D. Moderate Reconstructionists.

Explanation:

Reconstruction encompassed three major initiatives: restoration of the Union, the transformation of southern society, and enactment of progressive legislation favoring the rights of freed slaves.

President Lincoln was the leader of the moderate Republicans and wanted to speed up Reconstruction and reunite the nation painlessly and quickly. Lincoln formally began Reconstruction in late 1863 with his ten percent plan, which went into operation in several states but which Radical Republicans opposed.