Which of the following is a major example of abraham lincoln's policy of leniency toward the defeated south?

a. president lincoln's willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the confederate government's war debts

b. president lincoln's choice to have a southerner as his vice president in 1864 election

c. president lincoln's decision that the southern state government could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the union

d. president lincoln's decision to extend the emancipation proclamation to include all states

The following is a major example of Abraham Lincoln's policy of leniency toward the defeated South:

C. President Lincoln's decision that the southern state government could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union.

This was the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, also known as the Ten Percent Plan. This plan was meant to bring about peace and further his efforts of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The correct answer is: C. President Lincoln's decision that the southern state government could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union

Lincoln's 10 percent plan was seen as too lenient by the Radical Republicans in Congress.