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The Ten Percent Plan was written by president Lincoln. The Radical Republicans wrote the Wade Davis Bill/ Ten Percent Plan. The Bill stated that the southern states could rejoin but, had to swear under "Ironclad oath" to rejoin the Union. This also established safeguards for African American Civil
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Why did Lincoln support the 10 percent plan?
President Abraham Lincoln supported the Ten Percent Plan for Reconstruction because he wanted to mend ties with the former Confederate states, not punish them further.
What did the ten percent plan require?
a loyalty oath
What was Lincoln's ten percent plan?
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.
As early as 1863 Lincoln proposed a plan for restoring Southern state governments based on what percent of the voting population of 1860 taking a loyalty oath to the Union?
ten percent
What is the ten percent plan?
The Ten Percent Plan was put forth by Abraham Lincoln as a model for the Reconstruction of the Southern states after the Civil War had ended. Basically the rule for reinstatement to the Union was that only 10% of the vote in 1860 swore allegiance to the United States and agreed to the emancipation of all slaves.
