Question

Why did the Radical Republicans reject the Ten Percent Plan?


They believed that the Constitution implied that the President should direct Reconstruction.


They believed that Sherman’s plan to confiscate Confederates’ land was unfair.


They believed that African Americans should be granted full citizenship.


They believed that the Confederate states had committed no crime by seceding.

Answer 1

The Radical Republicans rejected the Ten Percent Plan primarily because **they believed that African Americans should be granted full citizenship**. The Ten Percent Plan, proposed by President Abraham Lincoln, was viewed as too lenient toward the South and did not adequately protect the rights of newly freed African Americans. The Radical Republicans sought a more stringent approach to Reconstruction that would ensure civil rights and full citizenship for African Americans, as well as impose stricter requirements on the Southern states for rejoining the Union.