Which statement characterizes president lincoln's reconstruction goals? he wanted to modernize and industrialize the southern economy. he wanted to punish the southern states for starting the civil war. he wanted to reunite the nation without imposing harsh conditions on the south. he wanted to make sure that african americans stayed in the south.

He wanted to reunite the nation without imposing harsh conditions on the South.

Explanation:

After the Civil War, Republicans were divided in their opinions of what they needed to do with the South. Some Republicans believed that the South needed to be severely punished so that they would never repeat something similar again. On the other hand, other Republicans believed this to be unnecessarily harsh, and they would argue this would only mean that the nation would take longer to heal. Lincoln belonged to the second group. He believed that the Union would be permanently damaged if the South was so harshly punished.

according to the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech.

in the great leap from slavery to freedom . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . we shall prosper . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor.

washington believed that  hard work had its own kind of dignity.

explanation:

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the answer is a) the proclamation of 1763.