RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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Congressional Reconstruction plans were based on plans laid out by Lincoln while Johnson’s plans were his own inventions.
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Congressional Reconstruction plans were based on the idea that the South should be punished while Johnson’s plans were not.
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Congressional Reconstruction plans were more balanced than Johnson’s plans because Congress had representatives from multiple political parties.
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Congressional Reconstruction plans were lenient toward the South while Johnson’s plans were harsh because he wanted revenge for Lincoln’s assassination.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Congressional Reconstruction plans were more balanced than Johnson’s plans because Congress had representatives from multiple political parties. Congressional Reconstruction plans were lenient toward the South while Johnson’s plans were harsh because he wanted revenge for Lincoln’s assassination.
Detailed explanation-2: -Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for slavery and the war itself. Both Lincoln and Johnson wanted the southern states to be brought back into the Union quickly, using less punitive measures.
Detailed explanation-3: -Radical Reconstruction The following March, again over Johnson’s veto, Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which temporarily divided the South into five military districts and outlined how governments based on universal (male) suffrage were to be organized.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which was more important to Congressional Reconstruction than to President Johnson’s plan? landowners.
Detailed explanation-5: -Radical Republicans in Congress did not believe Johnson’s plans adequately protected the rights of freedmen and implemented their own Reconstruction measures. Johnson stubbornly resisted all congressional proposals and vetoed every Reconstruction bill Congress passed.