5. Why was Lincoln unable to encourage Congress to accept his Reconstruction plan?

a. President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to encourage Congress.
b. Congress believed Lincoln's plan was too difficult for the South.
c. Congress believed that the Freemen's Bureau should be resposible for Reconstruction.
d. President Lincoln's plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.

a. President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to encourage Congress.