Lincoln's ten percent plan meant:
-if in a former Confederate State at least the 10% of voters in 1860 had sworn loyalty to the Union, renouncing all armed action to combat it, giving rise to a local government that engaged itself to implement these resolutions together with the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that government would be considered legitimate representative of that state which would have been restored in its ancient rights inside the Union.
This plan had already been implemented in Louisiana before the end of the war.
African Americans were therefore not related to.
Only some African Americans should be able to vote.
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
All African Americans became citizens as a result of the 14th Amendment.
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Only some African Americans should be able to vote
Only some African American should be able to vote
he belived in equalness of the people and too end slavery
Only some African Americans should be able to vote.
African-Americans are first-class citizens just like anyone else who was either born in the United States or who are naturalized citizens.
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Lincoln's plan did not guarantee African American equality.
Of course. African Americans are born in the US, so they are automatically citizens. To get more technical, if an African came to America and became naturalized, s/he'd be a US citizen.
All African Americans became citizens as a result of the 14th Amendment.
African-Americans