“Although industry was now in control of the national government, the Republican party which represented it was a minority party; and... Southern Democrats with increased power by counting the full [Black] population... could easily oust the Republicans...When Lincoln first laid down his general proclamation concerning Reconstruction, industry paid little attention to it: let the South come back; let it come back quickly, and let us go to work and make money and repair the losses of the war by increased business; and then let the nation go far beyond this through domination of the American market, and perhaps even of the markets of the world.” ― W E B Du Bois, Black Reconstruction in America
Which statement by W. E.B. DuboisBEST explains why Congressional Reconstruction insisted on the passage of the 14th Amendment before Southern states could be readmitted to the Union?

A

"Southern Democrats...with increased power by counting the full [Black] population could easily oust the Republicans."

B

"Let the nation go far beyond this through domination of the American market, and perhaps even of the markets of the world."

C

"Let the South come back; let it come back quickly, and let us go to work and make money and repair the losses of the war by increased business."

D

"Industry was now in control of the national government."