What was Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan? A. To permit amnestied white Southern men to vote for new state constitutions. B. To expand voting rights to include freed slaves and all women. C. To enable a state to establish a new government once 10 percent of its voters pledged loyalty to the federal government. D. To ensure the federal government protected the political rights of African Americans.
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Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan was:
C. To enable a state to establish a new government once 10 percent of its voters pledged loyalty to the federal government.
Johnson's plan, known as the "10 Percent Plan," allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union once 10 percent of the voters in a state took an oath of allegiance to the Union. This relatively lenient approach aimed to quickly reintegrate Southern states into the Union after the Civil War.