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Reconstruction Plans (Radical Republicans (The radical republicans wanted…
Reconstruction Plans
Radical Republicans
The radical republicans wanted to give severe punishments to the south. They wanted to completely change southern society and take away from their farming roots.
Eventually took over congress, had their chance to change polices.
Passed the Wade-Davis bill. Which was a counter to Lincolns plan, it said that 50 percent of voters had to pledge allegiance to the union to get readmitted, Also provided safe guards for African Americans, but not suffrage.
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Johnson's Plan
Johnson had a lenient plan similar to lincoln, although it was weaker in every way.
Johnson's plan would pardon anyone as long as they were not confederate leaders or had land more than 20 thousand dollars
His plan also forced state governments to make laws that accepted being a part of the union, it also forced them to acknowledge freedom of slavery, but it wasn't strict, many state governments implemented black codes which severely limited blacks rights.
Angered congress because of its leniency, many congressmen didn't allow for state governments to have any say
Compromise of 1877
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The south started not caring about listening, and was starting to discriminate against blacks.
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Resulted in the US military pulling out from the south and the official end of reconstruction, but overall, didn't solve many issues and racial tensions were still present.
Lincolns Plan
Lincoln proposed a 10 percent plan, he had the ideology that the south deserved forgiveness and that the war was a terrible thing and that it was time to move on. His proposed plan states that to be readmitted into the union, a state had to have 10 percent of its citizens (from the election of 1860) had to pledge oath to the union. Was much more generous compared to other policies.
His overall vision didn't want to change the south that much, he even was okay with pardoning people who were previously in the conderacy.
He did a pocket veto on a counter bill attempted to be passed by congress, showing his strong desire for low punishments.