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What did Lincoln offer to all whites southerners other than confederate leaders who gave loyalty to the union?
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∙ 8y ago
amnesty, because i just took a test on this. I answered the ten percent plan but that was the wrong answer.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoAmnesty- pardon to white southerners, except confederate leaders
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∙ 11y agoAmnesty
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Why did Lincoln offer amnesty to the southerners who would swear loyalty to the union?
we couldnt build enough prisons
Why do people support Lincoln's side of reconstruction?
Many people liked Lincoln's plan for reconstruction because it was not as radical as others. Lincoln had the 10% Plan, which was that ten percent of a state's population had to declair loyalty to the Union to become a state again, and Lincoln's plan allowed former Confederate leaders to be elected into Washington.
Why was Maryland's loyalty so important to union?
It was important because Maryland was a slave state with pro confederate leaders.
Why did Lincoln only require 10 percent of voters to take the loyalty oath?
because not all confederate were willing to vote
Why Lincoln required only 10 percent of voters to take the loyalty oath?
because not all confederate were willing to vote
What did president Lincoln require of the confederate men?
He required them to take an oath of loyalty to the United States and to observe the laws that pertained to slavery.
Was general George McCellan union or confederate?
Union. But he was a pro-slavery Democrat, politically opposed to Lincoln, and some of the cabinet doubted his loyalty.
What did the US Civil War not accomplish?
The purpose of the North in deciding to prevent any states from seceding from the Union was accomplished. However, as with any war, the goal of restoring good will and loyalty among the former Confederate leaders failed due the North's Reconstruction policies and racism by many Southerners.
Was george mclellan a confederate general?
No. He was a Union General, popular with the rank and file, but mistrusted in Washington, where some of Lincoln's cabinet doubted his loyalty. After Lincoln eventually sacked him, he stood against him in the 1864 election, but lost.
What did Andrew Johnson want all southerners to do?
swear a loyalty oath
Why was Maryland loyalty to the union so important?
Because it was a slave-state that had pro-Confederate leaders, and could easily have seceded. Also it was on the route between New York and Washington, and could have interrupted the movement of troops and supplies between the two centres.
Andrew Johnson granted amnesty and the restoration of property to all southerners willing to do what?
Andrew Johnson granted amnesty and the restoration of property to all southerners willing to swear a loyalty oath
