he called for a majority of voters to each southerner states to pledge lotalty to the u.s
The Wade-Davis Bill
Lincolnâ??s Ten Percent Plan only required 10% of the voters of Confederate state voters to swear an allegiance to the Union, thus leaving 90% possibly disagreeing or open to rebellion. Radical Republicans found the plan far too lenient and retaliated with the Wade-Davis Act which was vetoed by Lincoln. These actions caused a widening fissure within the Republican Party.
During Reconstruction, President Abraham Lincoln implemented what was known as the Ten Percent Plan, a method of reinstating the Southern states into the Union.The Ten Percent Plan allowed states to be readmitted into the Union once ten percent of the 1860 vote count from that state took an oath of allegiance to the United States and pledged to conform to emancipation policies.The voters could then elect delegates to draft revised state constitutions and create new state governments.
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take an oath of loyalty
They had to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States. Ten percent of the states voters had to want back in. Each state had to abolish the institution of slavery.
They had to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States. Ten percent of the states voters had to want back in. Each state had to abolish the institution of slavery.
he called for a majority of voters to each southerner states to pledge lotalty to the u.s
The Wade-Davis Bill
C. To allow Southern states back in the Union if ten percent of the voters swore to be loyal L Southern states could set up new governments if ten percent of their voters made certain promises.
Only 10% of the states voters had to swear allegiance before the state was able to re-enter the Union.
Both required that a percentage of voters in the (former) Confederate States swear allegiance to the US in order for that state to be re-admitted to the Union. They required different percentages (10% and 50%)
Poll taxes and literacy tests
Southern states could set up new governments if ten percent of their voters made certain promises.
It's called a poll tax and it is against the law in the United States.
because not all confederate were willing to vote