Lincoln's 10 percent plan was part of president Lincoln's Blueprint for the reconstruction of the south after the American civil war. The 10 percent plan gave room for any southern state to be admitted into the union only if 10 percent of its voters would swear allegiance to the Union.
The reconstruction period lasted from 1865 to 1877 and this reconstruction plan had some vital objectives which included : granting freed slaves civil rights and also admitting the southern states back into the Union.
