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Because Andrew Johnson wanted easy terms for the south but the congress wanted to punish the south.
Yes. Andrew Johnson brought the North and South together.
The South wanted to protect and not to lose their property.
Andrew Johnson wanted to punish the Southerners during Reconstruction. However, Lincoln was against this tactic and chose a more diplomatic approach.
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The South became convinced that Lincoln was an abolitionist even though did not state that he wanted to ban slavery.
He was from Tennessee and liked the South
Andrew Johnson wanted to restore the South to a more normal situation much faster than congress. The congress wanted to punish the former Confederate Solders. President Johnson knew the way the southern mind worked and wanted to calm the situation in the South as fast as possible. He pardoned the confederate solders. They could go back to farming without fear of losing their land. There would not be any large scale dislocations of people. That would be best for both whites and blacks. The situation would be clear for all. Congress did not care if the South had riots and burned down their own neighborhoods. They wanted the South punished. On the other hand, President Johnson did not have good back room political skills. He was going to do as he wanted and what he thought was right.
It led to conflicts with the republican congress
The Union won the Civil War and took over the South. There were Northerners that came down to take political positions. Abraham Lincoln and his vice president, Andrew Johnson, wanted to be gentle with the South but after Lincoln was killed, the Republicans in Congress wanted to punish the South. They controlled the Reconstruction.
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Andrew Johnson departed in part from Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction for the South. The plans were similar but Johnson's was more acrimonious toward the south.