Question

Which statement best explains why President Lincoln supported the Ten Percent Plan to readmit former Confederate states to the Union?

Lincoln wanted to make sure the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified.

Lincoln wanted to punish the Southern states for starting the Civil War.

Lincoln wanted to heal the wounds of the Civil War as quickly as possible.

Lincoln wanted the former Confederate states to pay part of the Union's war debt

Answer 1

Im sorry but I dont know :(

Answer 2

i think Lincoln wanted to make sure the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified.