RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson’s vision of Reconstruction had proved remarkably lenient. Very few Confederate leaders were prosecuted. By 1866, 7, 000 Presidential pardons had been granted. Brutal beatings of African-Americans were frequent.
Detailed explanation-2: -He formulated a lenient plan, based on Lincoln’s earlier 10% plan, to allow the Southern states to begin holding elections and sending representatives back to Washington.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan was thus lenient-an attempt to entice the South to surrender.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reconstruction: The rebuilding of the Union after the Civil War until 1877. Both President Lincoln and Johnson favored a lenient approach, while Radical Republicans (Thaddeus Stevens) argued that the South should be punished.