How did the reconstruction plans of Lincoln and Congress differ?

Answer 1

Lincoln offered the moderate Louisiana 10 percent plan. If 10 percent of the stateÕs electorate took the oath of loyalty to the Union, the state would be readmitted into Congress. The state would be required to abolish slavery when it ratified its new constitution and black Freedmen workers would be required to have pay. Also, Rebels who took an oath of loyalty to the Union would be granted amnesty. LincolnÕs successor Andrew Johnson offered his presidential Reconstruction (also moderate) by pardoning many former Confederate leaders and soldiers and having no trials for treason. Under JohnsonÕs plan, the new southern state governments were able to restrict the black freedmen under the Black Codes. This angered many Republicans in Congress, which prompted Congress to impose Radical Reconstruction. Three Constitutional amendments were adopted Ð the Thirteenth which abolished slavery, the Fourteenth which granted U.Lincoln offered the moderate Louisiana 10 percent plan. If 10 percent of the stateÕs electorate took the oath of loyalty to the Union, the state would be readmitted into Congress. The state would be required to abolish slavery when it ratified its new constitution and black Freedmen workers would be required to have pay. Also, Rebels who took an oath of loyalty to the Union would be granted amnesty. LincolnÕs successor Andrew Johnson offered his presidential Reconstruction (also moderate) by pardoning many former Confederate leaders and soldiers and having no trials for treason. Under JohnsonÕs plan, the new southern state governments were able to restrict the black freedmen under the Black Codes. This angered many Republicans in Congress, which prompted Congress to impose Radical Reconstruction. Three Constitutional amendments were adopted Ð the Thirteenth which abolished slavery, the Fourteenth which granted U.S. citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and the Fifteenth which gave all men the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous status. Congress also passed the Reconstruction Acts. This enabled the Congress to place ten of the former Confederate states under control of the military and excluded former Confederate leaders from voting and public office. The military supervised state and local government as well as all elections, ensuring that blacks were represented.S. citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and the Fifteenth which gave all men the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous status. Congress also passed the Reconstruction Acts. This enabled the Congress to place ten of the former Confederate states under control of the military and excluded former Confederate leaders from voting and public office. The military supervised state and local government as well as all elections, ensuring that blacks were represented.

Answer 2

There were three basic plans of reconstruction, one created by President Abraham Lincoln, one by Congress and one by President Andrew Johnson. Lincoln's plan of 1863 called for 10 percent of a state's voters

in the election of 1860 to take an oath of allegiance and pledge to adhere to emancipation. The state would then also have to set up a state government before being allowed back into the Union. This plan were relatively simple since Lincoln never believed that the Southern States had ever legally seceded.

The Republicans were shocked at how easily the Southern states were to be allowed back into the Union. They were afraid the South would reinstate slavery once back. To prevent this, the Republicans came up with the Wade-Davis Bill of 1864. It increased the requirement of ten percent of the voters to fifty percent. It also wanted stronger safeguards for emancipation. Lincoln, however, refused to sign the bill and it was never passed. This reconstruction plan showed the clashing between President Lincoln and the Congress. Congress believed that the states had left the Union and had given up their rights. The Republicans also split up into two groups. One group was moderate and agreed with Lincoln that the re-admittance of the states should be done as quickly as possible. The other side wanted the aristocratic planters to be punished and the South dealt with harshly.

Many believed that Johnson would agree with the up-hauling of the Southern social system. Instead, he issued his own Reconstruction plan on May 29, 1865. Johnson's plan called for special state conventions. These conventions would be held to repeal the state's decree of secession, disclaim all Confederate debts, and ratify the Thirteenth Amendment. Johnson's plan did call for a quick re-admittance, but it also demanded that the leading Confederates be disfranchised. Johnson's plan was more similar to Lincoln's, but it also dealt with the Confederates slightly harsher, like the congressional plan. In the end, it was Johnson's plan that was put into action.

Answer 3

the Lincon plan, the Jonhson plan, and the radical plan or congress plan.

Answer 4

In December 1863, President Lincoln proposed a comprehensive plan for reconstructing the union by bringing back states that had seceded. Congress objected to reconstruct.

Answer 5

lincolns 10 percent plan, johnsons proclamation of amnesty and military reconstruction act of 1867

Answer 6

Congress wanted to punish the South, but Lincoln wanted to make the reconciliation as easy as possible.