RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Lincoln demanded that Southern states pay a large indemnity to the North for damages during the war
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Lincoln wanted the Union army to remain in occupation of the South.
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Lincoln gave the freedmen property confiscated from former plantation owners.
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Lincoln would readmit Southern states to Congress after only ten percent took an oath of allegiance and ratified the 13th Amendment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln’s terms for reuniting the United States during Reconstruction (1863), which they viewed as too lenient.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was the Radical Republicans plan considered radical? Because it was out side the norm! The radical republicans wanted to give freed slaves homesteads, economic independence, and the right to vote. They wanted to get the land for the homesteads from the south.
Detailed explanation-4: -What part of President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction did the Radical Republicans reject? They thought Lincoln’s plan rejected the gentle approach Lincoln’s plan offered and they wanted to transform the South by force if necessary and not make it easy to rejoin the union.