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During the American Civil War in December 1863, Abraham Lincoln offered a model for reinstatement of Southern states called the 10% Reconstruction plan...
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| What does the South have to do to come back into the Union? | |
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| A Southern state can be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of the state's voters take an oath of allegiance to the U.S. | |
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| Is that all? I assumed you wouldn't be so forgiving. | |
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| I'm not done. The states also have to abolish slavery in order to form a new constitution and ratify the 13th amendment. | |
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| Don't you think Republicans would have a problem with you being too lenient? | |
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| I'm being lenient because I want to popularize my Emancipation Proclamation. The Republicans can very well lose in the next election if there is compelling enforcement of the Proclamation. | |
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