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as a condition of readmission to the union for former confederate states, president abraham lincoln wanted to require:

a. confederate states to redistribute their land to formerly enslaved people.
b. confederate governments to try officials and soldiers for treason.
c. former confederate states, but not union border states, to abolish slavery.
d. 10 percent of confederate voters in each state to pledge allegiance to the union.

Explanation:

Analyze Lincoln's Reconstruction goals

During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sought a lenient and rapid path to restore the Union. In December 1863, he issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which outlined his plan for reintegrating the Southern states.

Evaluate the Ten Percent Plan

Lincoln's proposal, known as the Ten Percent Plan, decreed that a state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10 percent of its 1860 vote count took an oath of allegiance to the United States and pledged to abide by emancipation.

Assess the incorrect options

• Option A is incorrect because land redistribution was advocated by Radical Republicans, not Lincoln.
• Option B is incorrect because Lincoln favored amnesty and pardons rather than widespread treason trials.
• Option C is incorrect because Lincoln's plan required the abolition of slavery in the reconstructed states, but did not specifically exclude border states in this manner as a condition of readmission.

Identify the correct choice

The requirement of 10 percent of voters in each state to pledge allegiance directly matches Lincoln's Reconstruction policy.

Answer:

• (A) Confederate states to redistribute their land to formerly enslaved people.
• (B) Confederate governments to try officials and soldiers for treason.
• (C) former Confederate states, but not Union border states, to abolish slavery.
• (D) 10 percent of Confederate voters in each state to pledge allegiance to the Union. (Correct answer)