In the final days of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln
A. continued to insist that the Confederacy had no legal right to exist.
B. declared that the Confederate government must repudiate its constitution.
C. called on the Confederacy to negotiate a peace treaty with the United States.
D. argued it best to readmit the Confederate states to the Union without condition.
E. met with Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia.
Answer: A
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