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

your list doesn't mention any of them at all.

and what does "these" mean anyway ?

this is a good question! i'll do some research and come back when i have the answer!

interest groups send representatives to state capitals and to washington, d.c. to put pressure on members of congress and other policymakers. they engage in lobbying, or the organized process of influencing legislation or policy. lobbying can take many forms. interest groups can testify in congressional hearings.

the first 10 amendments to the u.s. constitution are known as the bill of rights. those 10 amendments establish the most basic freedoms for americans including the rights to worship how they want, speak how they want, and assembly and peaceably protest their government how they want. the amendments have also been subject to much interpretation since their adoption, particularly the right to carry a gun under the second amendment.

"a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference," said thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence and the third president of the united states.