USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After Lincoln’s death, President Johnson proceeded to reconstruct the former Confederate States while Congress was not in session in 1865. He pardoned all who would take an oath of allegiance, but required leaders and men of wealth to obtain special Presidential pardons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Andrew Johnson’s view, as stated above, was that the war had been fought to preserve the Union. 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: -Republican Ulysses S. Grant succeeded Johnson as president. Johnson, who was himself from Tennessee, favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -In May 1865, immediately following the assassination of President Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson and his administration created a plan for Reconstruction, which became known as Presidential Reconstruction.

Detailed explanation-5: -Over the course of fourteen years from 1863 to 1877, three presidents-Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant-worked from the White House to reconcile and rebuild the United States.