History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2251 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Ten Percent Plan
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The idea
Lincoln's plan of December eighteen sixty-three offered a general pardon to most southerners, excepting high-ranking Confederate government and military officials.
In practice
Ten percent of a state's eighteen sixty voters swearing allegiance to the Union and to emancipation.
Where people slip
Once sworn, the restored state would draft a new constitution. Lincoln believed leniency would speed resolution and make emancipation more acceptable nationally.
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