The correct answer is D) regarded the southern states as conquered territory.
Following the Civil War, the Radical Republicans in Congress regarded the southern states as conquered territory.
Radical Republicans in Congress did not agree with President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible. President Abraham Lincoln wanted a quick Reconstruction process and gave leeway to the Southern states to do their own Reconstruction process and only demanded the application of the 10th percent Plan, issued on December 8, 1863. So the attitude of the radical Republicans following the Civil War was that the Southern States had been conquered and should be punished by their actions.
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They called them coyotes! This was a term associated with 'trickster' in pre-Hispanic folklore - and with an animal that raids and steals by night.
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The answer is: Lincoln claimed to defend the Union and attempted to convince the South that the secession was illegal and impossible.
Lincoln gained massive popularity on the northern states because he advocated for the establishment of slavery, and the south was threatening secession because they relied heavily on slavery as the major workforce that sustain their economy.
Lincoln realized that if the southern states manage to secede from united states, The republican party would receive the largest amount of blame for the separation, and their chance to free the slaves in southern states were gone. Because of this, he swore an oath to defend the union and prevent the south from seceding in his inaugural address.