Lincoln’s goals for reconstruction, as discussed in his second inaugural address, were to
a. bring the country together but to punish the south.
b. unite the country by showing kindness toward the south.
c. keep the north and the south separate, to maintain peace.
d. allow the south to remain separate but also punish it.

The answer is A because he wanted to unite both parts of the nation and he said in his speech and i quote "Yet, if God's will that it will continue, until all the wealth piled by the bonds-men's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited soil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn by the sword, as was said '"the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether"' Lincoln says they will not stop until the blood spilled from the slaves is equal to the amount that is spilled by the South if you need anymore help ask me hope i helped you