In Lincoln's plan for reconstruction,what did a Confederate state need to do to qualify for readmission into the Union?
A) The state legislature had to guarantee the right to vote to all former slaves.
B) Fifty percent of the voting population needed to pledge allegiance to the United States before forming a new government.
C) Ten percent of the voting population needed to take an oath of allegiance before forming a new government.
D) High-ranking Confederate officials had to renounce their allegiance to the government in Richmond.

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In Lincoln's plan for reconstruction, a Confederate state needed to have ten percent of the voting population take an oath of allegiance before forming a new government. This was known as the Ten Percent Plan. No Confederate officials were required to renounce their allegiance and there was no guarantee of voting rights for former slaves.

In Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction,what Did a Confederate State Need