Thaddeus Stephens stated: "Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors."

What was Stephens hoping to achieve when he said these words?

(A.) He was urging the U. S. House of Representatives to support the President's Reconstruction Act.
(B.) He was advocating passage of the Freedmen's Bureau.
(C.) He was campaigning for support of an Honorary Freedom Medal for Abraham Lincoln
(D.) He was hoping to convince the U. S. House of Representatives to impeach President Johnson.