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Under Lincoln's 1863 reconstruction plan, what share of a state's 1860 voters had to form a loyal government for him to recognize it?
A25 per cent
B50 per cent
COne third
D10 per cent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 10 per cent
1. Lincoln held that the southern people had never legally seceded but had been misled by disloyal individuals.
2. In 1863 he proclaimed that if 10 per cent of a state's voters of record in 1860 formed a government loyal to the Constitution, he would recognize it.
3. Congress rejected this plan and challenged his right to act without consulting its members.
4. The larger fractions offered here belong to no version of his proclamation.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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