The plan was outlined in Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction on December 8th 1863. At least 10 % of voters that had cast ballots in the 1860 election had to take an oath of allegiance to the Union.
Also almost anybody could receive a pardon by taking this oath of allegiance.
Excluded were people that had given up positions in the federal government to serve in the confederacy, high ranking confederate military officials, and those who had mistreated black and white prisoners of war.
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the north wanted to bring the south back to the union by cut off their shipments to Europe using the anaconda plan
The Union Plan to blockade the South and to deny it access to world commerce.
Immediately following the 2nd Inaugural, he met with the cabinet, congressional leaders, and the top brass of the military, to outline an easy path to welcome the South back into the Union.
It was Called The Anaconda Plan
They had the Anaconda Plan to surround the South and cut off their trade and divide them to weaken their economy.
Lincoln's ten percent plan was designed to bring the south back into the union quickly.
Bring the South back into the Union quickly
bring the south back into the union quickly
the ten(10) percent(%) plan
He hoped it would make the U.S. stronger so other countries wouldn't take advantage of them.
there was no plan in place to get defeated states back in the union
The South's redemption means the turn from the South's secession plan to bringing the South back into the Union. The South had to show that it was committed to the Union again.
there was no plan in place to get defeated states back in the union
there was no plan in place to get defeated states back in the union
the north wanted to bring the south back to the union by cut off their shipments to Europe using the anaconda plan
there was no plan in place to get defeated states back in the union
They believed that Lincoln was being too easy on the south and that Lincoln shouldn't let them back into the union so easily. They believed they should punish the south for their actions while Lincoln just wanted to bring America back together