USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Abraham Lincoln wanted to be lenient to the South and make it easy for southern states to rejoin the Union . He said that any southerner who took an oath to the Union would be given a pardon. He also said that if 10% of the voters in a state supported the Union, then a state could be readmitted.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ten-Percent Plan Lincoln guaranteed southerners that he would protect their private property, though not their slaves. Most moderate Republicans in Congress supported the president’s proposal for Reconstruction because they wanted to bring a quick end to the war.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln’s plan, as they thought it too lenient toward the South. Radical Republicans believed that Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction was not harsh enough because, from their point of view, the South was guilty of starting the war and deserved to be punished as such.

Detailed explanation-4: -In December, President Lincoln proposed a reconstruction program that would allow Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths and the states recognized the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved people.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, had a somewhat different plan in mind. He became president after Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865, and chose to base his plan on his predecessor’s. He was also from Tennessee and naturally favored a plan more lenient on the South.