Abraham Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan
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Abraham Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan was a lenient Reconstruction proposal during the American Civil War that offered rapid readmission of Southern states to the Union once a small fraction of their voters pledged loyalty and accepted emancipation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reconstruction plan
ⓘ
United States federal policy proposal ⓘ |
| allowedStatesTo |
elect new state governments
ⓘ
form new loyal state constitutions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ten Percent Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| amnestyPolicy | offered presidential pardons to most Confederates who took the oath ⓘ |
| announcedIn | Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 1863-12-08 ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Confederate states NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conditionForReadmission |
10 percent of 1860 voters take loyalty oath
ⓘ
acceptance of the abolition of slavery ⓘ formation of a new state government loyal to the Union ⓘ |
| conflictContext | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Wade–Davis Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| didNotRequire |
black suffrage
ⓘ
full civil equality for freedpeople ⓘ land redistribution ⓘ |
| excludedFromAmnesty |
Confederate diplomats
ⓘ
Confederate officers who mistreated Black prisoners of war ⓘ high-ranking Confederate civil officials ⓘ high-ranking Confederate military officers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first formal presidential blueprint for Reconstruction ⓘ |
| implementedInPartIn |
Arkansas
NERFINISHED
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Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Lincoln’s desire for quick national reunification ⓘ |
| legalStatus | presidential proclamation rather than congressional statute ⓘ |
| leniencyLevel | lenient toward former Confederates ⓘ |
| loyaltyRequirement |
oath of allegiance to the United States
ⓘ
pledge to abide by emancipation ⓘ |
| loyaltyThreshold | 10 percent of 1860 voters ⓘ |
| mainGoal |
rapid readmission of seceded states to the Union
ⓘ
reestablish loyal governments in Southern states ⓘ |
| offeredTo | most former Confederates except high-ranking leaders ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Radical Republicans in Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyTowardSlavery |
did not itself fully define freedpeople’s civil rights
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required acceptance of emancipation ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Presidential Reconstruction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Presidential pardon power
ⓘ
Proclamation of Amnesty ⓘ Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiredOathFrom | white male voters in seceded states ⓘ |
| resultedIn | creation of loyal governments in some occupied Southern states ⓘ |
| supersededBy | later Congressional Reconstruction policies ⓘ |
| viewedAs |
moderate Reconstruction policy
ⓘ
too lenient by Radical Republicans ⓘ |
| yearProposed | 1863 ⓘ |
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