Which was NOT a primary motivation for Republicans to promote Congressional Reconstruction over those policies proposed by Lincoln and Johnson? A. Congress felt the authority of Reconstruction policy should be theirs. B. Congressional leaders wanted to keep southern states out of power. C. Congress wanted to punish the South for its crimes against the Union. D. Congressional leaders wanted to restore the Union as quickly as possible.

C. Congress wanted to punish the South for its crimes against the Union.

Explanation:

Congress also passed strict guidelines on what southern states needed to do to join the Union again. Congressmen supported the Southern Unionist and blacks in the south to stay in power. though they wanted the confederates leaders to stay away from public offices it should be not be extended to the whole south. They wanted the South would be in a strong grip and their interest should be ensured in the process.

the authority to tax.

1. ford: gerald ford´s presidency, from 1974 to 1977, faced high inflation, named it public enemy nº1, and created the win program (whip inflation now).

2. carter: president from 1977 to 1981, carter had controversial poitions over abortion, but yet, he enforce the roe vs wade decision, which had pro-choice content.

3. reagan. for his eloquency and powerful speeches in his mandates, from 1981 to 1989, reagan earned this nickname, “the great communicator” .

4. george h w bush: despite many presidents had important roles in managing and trying to end the cold war, it was in bush sr's mandate that the berlin wall was materially destroyed, and he was visited by gorbachev in the uspresident from 1989 to 1993.

5. clinton: defense of marriage act. clinton signed this controvesial act, which defined marriage and spouses in strict heterosexual perspective, that was later declard unconstitutional by the us supreme court.

6. george w bush: in the begining of his presidency, which lasted until 2009, bush jr faced the greatest terrorist attacks in us and probably the worlds history, in september, 11 of 2001.

7. obama: in attempts to cease a great economical crisis, barack obama signed the controversial recovery act in february 2009, which handled 780-billion dollars.