Which of the following describes Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, which he announced in December 1863?
a. The plan offered general amnesty to all Confederate citizens who agreed to comply with federal laws.
b. Lincoln created the plan to appeal to southern Democrats, many of whom had served with Lincoln in Congress.
c. It specified that a state could return to the Union when 10 percent of its voters took an oath of loyalty to the Union.
d. The plan declared that a state could reorganize its government when 50 percent of its voters took an oath of loyalty to the Union.
c. It specified that a state could return to the Union when 10 percent of its voters took an oath of loyalty to the Union.
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A) internal improvements. B) the building of railroads. C) water transportation. D) growing cotton.
What early civilization featured a remarkably large population of five million people?
A) ?Mesopotamia B) ?Egypt C) ?Indus Valley D) ?Mordor E) ?Serengeti Plain
In the 1880s, John A. Roebling completed the ________, a great technological transportation marvel in New York City.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
War Hawks tended to be from which part of the nation?
A) The North B) The West C) The areas where Federalists dominated politically D) New England