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

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