Question

Why was President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction referred to as the "Ten Percent Plan"?
A.
Ten percent of a state's legislators were required to be African American in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

B.
Ten percent of a state's debt to the federal government had to be repaid in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

C.
Ten percent of a state's agricultural land had to be redistributed to freedmen in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

D.
Ten percent of a state's voters had to swear allegiance to the United States in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

Answer 1

D. Ten percent of a state's voters had to swear allegiance to the United States in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

Lincoln's "Ten Percent Plan" was a lenient proposal for Reconstruction that allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union if 10% of their voters took an oath of allegiance to the Union and accepted the end of slavery.