Which of the Following Was Not a Feature of Lincoln's

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a feature of Lincoln's "10 percent plan"?

• A) State governments could be formed when at least 10 percent of those who had voted in 1860 had sworn allegiance to the Union and accepted emancipation.
• B) Confederate officials needed presidential pardons before they could participate in the new governments.
• C) Confederate army and naval officers needed presidential pardons before they could participate in the new governments.
• D) Southern plantations were to be confiscated and divided among the blacks who had formerly worked there as slaves.
• E) Freedmen were excluded from participation because they had not been voters in 1860.

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