Question

Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction required former Confederate states to do three things in order to be readmitted into the Union. What were they? States had to imprison former Confederate leaders. They had to promise to never again secede from the country. They had to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States. Ten percent of the states' voters had to want back in. They had to pay restitution for all Civil War losses and damages. Each state had to abolish the institution of slavery.

Answer 1

Each Southern state had to take an oath to swear their allegiance to the United States, ran percent of the states' voters has to want to be part of the U.S. again, and the states had to abolish slavery.

Answer 2

The following are the correct answers:

1) They had to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States.- This would ensure that there would be no chance of warfare happening between members of the US ever again.

2) Ten percent of the states' voters had to want back in.- Lincoln made this an extremely low percentage because he was worried that if it was something greater than this value (like 30, 40%), many of the Southern states would not have the votes to rejoin the United States.

3) Each state had to abolish the institution of slavery. - This was a necessity considering the passing of the 13th amendment to the US Constitution.