The ten percent plan required that

a. ten percent of a state’s voters take a loyalty oath to the union.

b. state legislatures set aside ten percent of their seats for african americans.

c. southern landowners give ten percent of their land to freed men.

d. the south pay ten percent of the union’s war costs.

 The correct answer is A: ten percent of a state’s voters take a loyalty oath to the Union.

This was a plan proposed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It also included the promise to protect the property (but not slaves) of the Southerners. With the plan the president wanted to find a peace agreement and end the war.