What steps did Lincoln take toward Reconstruction during the war?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. In December 1863, Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction.
2. This Ten Percent Plan provided that once ten percent or more of the voting population of any occupied state had taken a loyalty oath and accepted emancipation, they could set up a loyal government.
3. By 1864, Louisiana and Arkansas had established Unionist governments.
4. Lincoln’s policy was meant to shorten the war.
5. Congress was unhappy with Lincoln’s Reconstruction experiments and responded with the Wade- Davis Bill, which required that 50 percent of the voters take a loyalty oath before the
restoration process could begin.
6. Lincoln exercised a pocket veto over the bill.
7. Congress and the president remained stalemated on the Reconstruction issue for the rest of the war.
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