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The document outlines three plans for Reconstruction after the Civil War: Lincoln's lenient approach focused on forgiveness, Johnson's plan aimed at punishing secessionists while favoring state rights, and the Radical Republican Plan which sought to protect ex-slaves and ensure Republican supremacy. Each plan had different views on the treatment of ex-slaves, requirements for state readmission, and the handling of ex-Confederate leadership. The Radical Republican Plan was more stringent and aimed at addressing the needs of former slaves and ensuring their rights through constitutional amendments.

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Plans For Reconstruction Graphic Organizer

The document outlines three plans for Reconstruction after the Civil War: Lincoln's lenient approach focused on forgiveness, Johnson's plan aimed at punishing secessionists while favoring state rights, and the Radical Republican Plan which sought to protect ex-slaves and ensure Republican supremacy. Each plan had different views on the treatment of ex-slaves, requirements for state readmission, and the handling of ex-Confederate leadership. The Radical Republican Plan was more stringent and aimed at addressing the needs of former slaves and ensuring their rights through constitutional amendments.

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Plans for Reconstruction

Reconstruction Presidential: Abraham Presidential: Congressional:


Lincoln’s Plan Andrew Johnson’s Plan Radical Republican Plan
• Leniency, forgiveness • Punishment of • Revenge
and healing the union secessionist aristocrats • Protection of ex slaves
• Believed that secession (persons holding and their rights
Overall Goals was constitutionally property valued over • Republican political
impossible; felt that $20,000) supremacy
individuals, not states • Favored state’s rights • Felt Lincoln’s plan was
had rebelled so he felt • Pardoned 13,000 too lenient
he had the right as Confederate troops • Felt Johnson’s plan
president to pardon failed to address the
individuals and should needs of former slaves—
be responsible for land and voting rights,
reconstruction protection under the law

• Adoption of 13th • Ex-slaves should work • Supported the


Amendment for former owners and Freedmen’s Bureau over
Treatment of Ex- • Limited African not enter into politics the president’s veto
Slaves American suffrage • Not in favor of former • Passed the Civil Rights
slaves gaining the right Act of 1866 (which
to vote outlawed black codes)
over the president’s veto
• Ratified the 14th
Amendment and 15th
Amendment

• 10% Oath of Loyalty • Each state would • The voters of each


for readmission withdraw its secession district, including
Requirements for • Believed that secession by declaring it illegal African American men,
Readmission into was constitutionally • Each state would swear would elect delegates to
the Union impossible; felt that allegiance to the Union conventions in which
individuals, not states • Confederate war debt state constitutions would
had rebelled would be forgiven be drafted
• Each state had to ratify • The constitution of each
the 13th Amendment state had to ratify the
14th and 15th
Amendments

• Pardoned all • Goal was to punish • South divided into 5


Treatment of Ex- confederates except secessionist aristocrats, military districts each
Confederate high ranking old southern planter headed by a former
leadership government officials in class, merchants and Union general
the Confederacy bankers • Ex-Confederate leaders
could not hold political
office

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