Abraham Lincoln: 1861-1865

Question 1

What was the Ten Percent Plan (1864)

Answer 1

Admittance of rebel states into the Union if ten percent of their electorate agreed to an oath of further allegiance to the USA.
Admittance of rebel states into the Union if ten percent of their electorate agreed to an oath of further allegiance to the USA.

Question 2

What was the Wade-Davis Bill (June 1865)

Answer 2

50 percent of the rebel state’s electorate had to agree to the oath. It excluded Confederacy states from
government roles in future. Lincoln vetoed it.

Question 3

What as The 13th Amendment (1865)

Answer 3

Formal freeing of all slaves in America.

Question 4

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau (1865)

Answer 4

US agency set up for a year to help former slaves and gave advice on education and employment and
helped establish schools for African-Americans.