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What was President Abraham Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan?

  1. A plan letting a Southern state rejoin the Union when 10% of its 1860 voters pledged loyalty
  2. A tax plan requiring Southerners to pay ten percent of their income
  3. A military plan to reduce the Union Army by ten percent
  4. A land plan giving ten percent of plantations to railroad companies
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Correct answer: A plan letting a Southern state rejoin the Union when 10% of its 1860 voters pledged loyalty

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan offered a relatively quick path for Southern states to return to the Union. Radical Republicans thought it was too lenient toward former Confederates.

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