Johnson followed Lincoln's approach in offering amnesty to former Confederates, the major difference being that he excluded persons owning over $20,000 worth of property, which Lincoln had not. In practice, however, most of those in the excluded categories soon received individual pardons, so it made little difference.
He was less generous to former slaves than Lincoln in that he did not call for the enfranchisement of those who had served in the Union Army. States did not have to allow blacks to vote. It has been widely speculated that Lincoln would have at some point insisted on at least a limited Black suffrage.
(What Johnson is said to have said about his ideas for reconstruction prior to President Lincoln's assassination, and his actions after President Lincoln's assassination, are very different. Vice President Andrew Johnson had taken a hard line and spoke of hanging rebel Confederates. In late April, 1865, he was noted telling an Indiana delegation that, "Treason must be made odious ... traitors must be punished and impoverished ... their social power must be destroyed.")
Johnson followed Lincoln's approach in offering amnesty to former Confederates, the major difference being that he excluded persons owning over $20,000 worth of property, which Lincoln had not. In practice, however, most of those in the excluded categories soon received individual pardons, so it made little difference.
He was less generous to former slaves than Lincoln in that he did not call for the enfranchisement of those who had served in the Union Army. States did not have to allow blacks to vote. It has been widely speculated that Lincoln would have at some point insisted on at least a limited Black suffrage.
(What Johnson is said to have said about his ideas for reconstruction prior to President Lincoln's assassination, and his actions after President Lincoln's assassination, are very different. Vice President Andrew Johnson had taken a hard line and spoke of hanging rebel Confederates. In late April, 1865, he was noted telling an Indiana delegation that, "Treason must be made odious ... traitors must be punished and impoverished ... their social power must be destroyed.")
Jamehl Wiley
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The states in the South had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
The reconstruction plan that had won was the Andrew Johnson's Plan.
Carpetbaggers and scalawags gained the most from reconstruction.
Lincoln's plan was the ten percent plan and Johnson's plan was Reconstruction
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andrew johnsons plan
Johnson's policies went against the wishes and plans of Congress.
wealthy planters and confederate leaders to aplly for pardons- novanet
President Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction was three fold. First, he wanted the Southern states to be reinstated to the Union quickly and with little backlash. He wanted the Southern political power to be given to the common workers instead of back to the rich planters. Finally, he intended to be elected President outright.
African Americans' rights were limited by black codes. < APEX >