In December of 1863 President Lincoln announced to the US Congress his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. He laid out plans for Rebel states to reenter the Union in a generous manner.
This first step towards the Reconstruction period, the President Johnson Proclamation of Amnesty, was deemed as too generous for Radical Republicans. The Amnesty pardoned most Confederates and remitting confiscated lands.
President Ronald Reagan, 1986
Andrew Johnson granted amnesty except for those that trained at West Point or Annapolis, were judges or members of Congress, those that tortured prisoners, and those that violated previous amnesties.http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/04AJFirstYear/ii-1.htm
Johnson recommended amnesty for nearly all Southerners who swore loyalty to the United States.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the proclamation in 1966.
He announced that he would not seek re-election.
President Johnson issued a proclamation granting amnesty to all persons who had directly or indirectly taken part in the rebellion, with the restoration of all rights of property except as to slaves, and except in cases where legal proceedings have been instituted for the confiscation of property, on condition of their taking an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States, and to obey all laws and proclamations which have been made during the rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves.
On May 27, 1865, President Andrew Johnson proclaims a general amnesty to those who rebelled against Federal authority during the US Civil War. There were some exceptions, however, as those who held high rank in the Confederate government and military had to apply for individual pardons. Also, this included all Southerners who owned over $20,000 of property.
He formally announced that he would not seek reelection to the presidency.
amnesty, because i just took a test on this. I answered the ten percent plan but that was the wrong answer.
Yes, Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, did pardon Jefferson Davis, the former President of the Confederate States of America. This happened on December 25, 1868, as part of Johnson's broader policy of amnesty and reconciliation towards former Confederates.
President Andrew Johnson's plan for reconstruction offered pardon and amnesty to participants in the rebellion who pledged loyalty to the Union. Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated in April of 1865.