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Which was NOT a primary motivation for Republicans to promote Congressional Reconstruction over those policies proposed by Lincoln and Johnson?

A)Congress felt the authority of Reconstruction policy should be theirs.

B)Congressional leaders wanted to keep southern states out of power.

C)Congress wanted to punish the South for its crimes against the Union.

D)Congressional leaders wanted to restore the Union as quickly as possible.

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They wanted to restore the union as quickly as possible
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