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1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018

He wanted to reconcile the South. is a goal
The first and third are not goals

Explanation:

  1. The goal of Lincoln was reconciliation with the south.
    Many of the radical republicans had a goal of punishing the south.
    Lincoln did not share that goal.

  2. Granting a amnesty was means to the goal of reconciliation it Amnesty in itself is not a goal.

  3. Allowing the southern states to organize new governments that could then petition to be readmitted to the union was a means to achieve the goal of reconciliation.

The correct answer is 2 it is the only answer that actually expresses a goal