Question

According to Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan, what could happen when ten percent of a state’s voters took a loyalty oath to the Union? A. The state would regain representation in Congress. B. The state could set up a new government. C. The state would regain representation in the Senate. D. The state could apply for federal assistance.

Answer 1

The correction is C) the state could set up a new government.

According to Lincoln's ten percent plan, what could happen when the ten percent votes took a loyalty oath to the Union would be that the state could set up a new government.

President Abraham Lincoln created the Ten Percent Plan to reunify the North and the South once the war was over. So for that to happen, on December 8, 1863, he issued a proclamation. He conceded Amnesty and pardon to Southern states that could swear to commit to the Union and the Constitution. The plan also considered a new government for the states and a Constitution that abolished slavery.