Why was Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction policy called the "Ten Percent Plan"?
A) Former Confederate states could reestablish their governments once 10 percent of voters pledged loyalty to the Union.
B) A 10 percent income tax would be levied on the residents of all former Confederate states.
C) It would forgive all Southerners except for high-ranking officials and military officers and the top 10 percent of the population in terms of wealth.
D) It would set aside 10 percent of Southern land to be granted to freedmen.

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Lincoln's "Ten Percent Plan" stipulated that a former Confederate state could form a new state government and rejoin the Union once 10 percent of its voters who had participated in the 1860 election swore an oath of allegiance to the Union and accepted the emancipation of slaves.

Why Was Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Policy Called the "Ten Percent