Weegy: Please give the options to choose from. User: Which statement best explains why President Lincoln supported the Ten Percent Plan to readmit former Confederate states to the Union? Weegy: Please give the options to choose from. User: 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. Weegy: Lincoln wanted to make sure the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified. User: What does this drawing represent? User: Why did Southern legislatures pass Jim Crow laws? Weegy: As a result of Rice's fame, "Jim Crow" had become a pejorative expression meaning "Negro" by 1838. [ When southern legislatures passed laws of racial segregation – directed against blacks – at the end of the 19th century, these became known as Jim Crow laws. ] (More)