Question
Rival Plans for Reconstruction
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 r
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.
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 r
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.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The best description of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan is:
• Lincoln's plan would have been very lenient toward the South.
Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan aimed to reintegrate Southern states quickly and painlessly by allowing them to rejoin the Union once 10 percent of voters pledged loyalty, and it focused on forgiveness rather than punishment.
• Lincoln's plan would have been very lenient toward the South.
Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan aimed to reintegrate Southern states quickly and painlessly by allowing them to rejoin the Union once 10 percent of voters pledged loyalty, and it focused on forgiveness rather than punishment.