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Choose the correct response of Congress toward Lincoln's Reconstruction plan of forgive and forget.

A. It passed the Johnson-Sherman bill.

B. Congress tried to impeach Lincoln.

C. It passed the Wade-Davis bill.

D. Congress forced him to retract his idea.

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C. It passed the Wade-Davis bill.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Wade-Davis bill was a law proposed by Senator Benjamin F. Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis, they were the risponsibles for this law that required that 50 percent of all white men from the states that wanted to re-enter the union take an oath to the union and those states were also required to give all black people rights.

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D. Congress forced him to retract his idea.
Whereas,
Andrew Johnson continued with Lincoln's plan after he became President.
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