What was President Lincoln's primary goal in proposing a lenient plan for the readmission of Southern states?

To ensure Confederate leaders were held accountable through lengthy trials

To rebuild the nation quickly and encourage a peaceful reconciliation

To give the federal government permanent control over Southern politics

To punish the Southern states economically for seceding from the Union

What was the intended outcome for a Southern state after it successfully met the requirements of the Ten Percent Plan?

It would be placed under long-term military rule.

It would be allowed to form a new state government.

Its pre-war leaders would automatically return to power.

It would receive a large sum of money from the North.

To identify Confederate spies remaining in the South

To force Southerners to enlist in the Union army

To serve as a formal pledge of allegiance to the United States and its laws

To create a list of individuals who would be barred from voting in all future elections

The state had to pay reparations for war damages.

A tenth of the state's 1860 voters had to pledge loyalty to the United States.

All former Confederate soldiers had to publicly apologize.

The state had to cede a portion of its land to the federal government.