Question

Which of the following did Lincoln’s plan require? Check all of the boxes that apply.

abolition of slavery in all states

50% of a state’s population to swear loyalty to the Union

10% of the voters from the 1860 election in each state to swear loyalty to the Union

African Americans to be given the right to vote in all states

Answer 1

[X] abolition of slavery in all states (required for reconstructed Confederate states to rejoin — they had to adopt new constitutions that abolished slavery)

[ ] 50% of a state’s population to swear loyalty to the Union

[X] 10% of the voters from the 1860 election in each state to swear loyalty to the Union

[ ] African Americans to be given the right to vote in all states

Brief note: This was Lincoln’s 1863 "Ten Percent Plan" for former Confederate states; it did not demand a 50% oath nor guarantee black suffrage.