Question

Which statement BEST describes Abraham Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan"? A) It was his plan for creating a national income tax. B) It was his plan to re-admit Southern states into the Union. C) It was his plan to invade only 10% of the South. D) It was his plan to free 10% of American slaves as an experiment.

Answer 1

In December 1863 Lincoln introduced the first Reconstruction scheme, the Ten Percent Plan, thus beginning the period known as Presidential Reconstruction. The plan decreed that when one-tenth of a state's prewar voters had taken an oath of loyalty to the U.S. Constitution, its citizens could elect a new state government and apply for readmission to the Union. In addition, Lincoln promised to pardon all but a few high-ranking Confederates if they would take this oath and accept abolition. The plan also required that states amend their constitutions to abolish slavery. Conspicuous in this plan was the stipulation that only whites could vote or hold office.

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Answer 2

was his plan to re-admit Southern states into the Union.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" was his plan to re-admit Southern states into the Union. He offered to pardon Confederates who would take an oath to support the Union. When ten percent of a state's citizens eligible to vote in 1860 swore an oath of allegiance to the U.S. that state had abolished slavery, he promised to readmit the state to the Union.