President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction required 10 percent of what group to swear future loyalty to the United States?

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President Lincoln's plan, which was issued in December 1863, required 10 percent of a state's voting population in the 1860 election to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States in order for that state to be readmitted to the Union. This plan was seen as lenient by some and was eventually replaced by more stringent requirements under the Reconstruction Acts of 1867.

President Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction Required 10 Percent of What