dec 8, 1863 - Lincoln announces Ten-Percent Plan

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| WHAT: | Offers amnesty and full restoration of rights, besides owning slaves, to all white southerners who took an oath affirming loyalty to the union and support for emancipation. When 10% of voters take the oath, then they can elect a new state govt, which would be required to abolish slavery. | WHY: | wanted southerners to accept his terms, thus weakening the confederacy, shortening the war, and gaining white support for abolition

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