He wanted to be more forgiving. His VP gave the south much more harsh treatment. Look into Lincoln’s 10% plan compared to his VP’s plan. That is how you’ll be able to differentiate between how he wanted to treat them and how they ended up getting treatedz
You should be introducing all of you evidence in the introduction. So D.
The U.S constitution addressed this through the Judicial Branch. Article 3 of the U.S constitution establishes the Judicial Branch as a separate arm of government that is independent. By giving the Judiciary Independence, it could not be manipulated by the Executive or any other arm