Why might lincoln, a northerner, have advocated for a plan that was lenient in its treatment of the former Confederate states and its leaders?

What were some effects in world war 1 in europe ? ( and only in europe)

The battle of sabine pass is important because? a) it was a stalemate between union and confederate armies. b) it resulted in the largest confederate casualty in the war. c) it marks the failed attempt of the union army to invade the confederate state of texas. d) it was won by the union soldiers and marked a turning point in the western front of the war.

What man proposed a solution to the issue of slavery in the territories suggesting the idea of popular sovereignty