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Foner, Eric. Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation & Reconstruction. New York: Vintage Books, 2005.
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-[[Image:Abraham Lincoln standing portrait 1863.jpg|thumb|right|President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, by [[Mathew Brady]]]]
-During the [[American Civil War]] in December 1863, [[Abraham Lincoln]] offered a model for reinstatement of Soutlols called the 10 percent [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction|Lincoln's]] plan. It decreed that a state could be reintegrated  into the Union when 10% of the 1860 vote count from that state had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by [[abolitionism in the United States|Emancipation]]. Voters could then elect delegates to draft revised state constitutions and establish new state governments. All southerners except for high-ranking Confederate army officers and government officials would be granted a full pardon. Lincoln guaranteed southerners that he would protect their private property, though not their slaves. By 1864, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas had established fully functioning Unionist governments.
-This policy was meant to shorten the war by offering a moderate peace plan.  It was also intended to further his emancipation policy by insisting that the new governments abolished slavery.
-Congress reacted sharply to this proclamation of Lincoln's plan. Most moderate Republicans in Congress supported the president's proposal for Reconstruction because they wanted to bring a swift end to the war, but other Republicans feared that the planter aristocracy would be restored and the blacks would be forced back into slavery. Lincoln's reconstructive policy toward the South was lenient because he wanted to popularize his [[Emancipation Proclamation]]. Lincoln feared that compelling enforcement of the proclamation could lead to the defeat of the Republican Party in the election of 1864, and that popular Democrats could overturn his proclamation.  Some Republicans pushed through Congress the [[Wade–Davis Bill]] in July 1864, which outlined more stringent requirements for re-admission. This was [[pocket-veto]]ed by Lincoln after it passed.
-The [[Radical Republicans]] opposed Lincoln's plan, as they thought it too lenient toward the South. Radical Republicans believed that Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction was not harsh enough because, from their point of view, the South was guilty of starting the war and the South deserved to be punished for starting the war. Radical Republicans hoped to control the Reconstruction process, transform southern society, disband the planter aristocracy, redistribute land, develop industry, and guarantee civil liberties for former slaves. Although the Radical Republicans were the minority party in Congress, they managed to sway many moderates in the postwar years and came to dominate Congress in later sessions. In the summer of 1864, the Radical Republicans passed the [[Wade–Davis Bill]] to counter Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan.<ref>Sparknotes</ref>
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