Forgiving the South

I think that it was a good choice granting amnesty to the south. It helped to form a bigger nation and make us what we are today. Everyone deserves a second chance and it was a wise decision to give it to them. If the South wasn't granted amnesty then we wouldn't have the United States of America. It would be like two different countries. But at the same time granting the South amnesty caused alot of problems. People were mad because 10% of every confederate state had to take an oath of allegience to the United States. This made people mad because there was a lot of citizens that weren't even involved in the war and got sucked into the middle of it. The question can be argued forever but my opinion is that it was a good idea to grant the South amnesty even though it was the reason Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.