Using your knowledge of the text and the chart, which best describes Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

Question

10 percent of voters must swear loyalty to Union and must abolish slavery - Abraham Lincoln

a. Lincoln's plan would have been very lenient toward the South
b. Lincoln's plan would have placed great emphasis on regaining southern loyalty.
c. Lincoln's plan would have disregarded the issue of slavery.
d. Lincoln's plan would have severely punished the South.

Answer 1

The best description of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan based on the provided information is:

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

Lincoln's plan, which required only 10 percent of voters to swear loyalty to the Union and the abolition of slavery, indicates a relatively lenient approach aimed at quickly reintegrating the Southern states back into the Union.