Plan Ten Percent Plan Wade-Davis Bill Johnson Plan Reconstruction Act

Question

Rival Plans for Reconstruction
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
Question
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)
Responses

Lincoln's plan would have severely punished the South.
Lincoln's plan would have severely punished the South.

Lincoln's plan would have disregarded the issue of slavery.
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 been very lenient toward the South.

Lincoln's plan would have placed great emphasis on regaining southern loyalty.

Answer 1

The best description of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan is:

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

This is supported by the fact that it required only 10 percent of voters to swear loyalty to the Union and allowed former Confederate officials to hold office, indicating a more forgiving approach compared to the other plans.