Question

question 4 of 10
unlike the radical republicans in congress, president lincoln wanted to:
a. force all confederate states to pass the thirteenth amendment to be readmitted.
b. ban former confederate leaders from holding political office in the union.
c. require 50 percent of all confederate voters to pledge allegiance to the union.
d. provide payments to former slaveholders to compensate for the loss of enslaved people.

Explanation:

Lincoln's 10 - Percent Plan aimed for a lenient Reconstruction. He wanted to readmit Confederate states when 10 percent of their 1860 voters took an oath of allegiance to the Union. He was more conciliatory than Radical Republicans. The Radical Republicans were harsher on the South. Option A was a Radical - Republican stance. Option B was also more in line with Radical - Republican views. Option C was a Radical - Republican requirement (not Lincoln's). Lincoln did not propose paying former slaveholders as in Option D.

Answer:

D. provide payments to former slaveholders to compensate for the loss of enslaved people.