Rival Plans for Reconstruction

Question

Plan
Ten Percent Plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Johnson Plan
Reconstruction Act
Proposed by
President Abraham Lincoln
(1863)
Republicans in Congress (1864)
President Andrew Johnson (1865)
Radical Republicans (1867)
Conditions for former
Confederate States to rejoin
Union
• 10 percent of voters must swear loyalty to Union
• Must abolish slavery
• Majority of white men must swear loyalty
• Former Confederate volunteers cannot vote or hold office
• Wartime debts by states will not. be recognized
• Majority of white men must swear loyalty
• Must ratify Thirteenth Amendment
• Former Confederate officials may vote and hold office
• Each state would be appointed a governor chosen by the President
• Must disband state governments
• Must write new constitutions
• Must ratify Fourteenth Amendment
• African American men must be allowed to vote
• Must disqualify former officials of the Confederacy from holding public office
Use the chart to answer the question.
Using your knowledge of the text and the chart, which best describes Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?
(1 point)
• Lincoln's plan would have severely punished the South.
• Lincoln's plan would have disregarded the issue of slavery.
• Lincoln's plan would have been very lenient toward the South.
• Lincoln's plan would have placed great emphasis on regaining southern loyalty.

Answer 1

Lincoln's plan would have been very lenient toward the South.