The Radical Republicans under House Speaker Thaddeus Stevens.
Lincoln wanted the readmission of the ex-confederate states to happen as quickly as possible. Many felt that Lincoln's reconstruction policy was not harsh enough.
The Constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of states.
The Constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of states.
Tennessee was the only Confederate state not placed in a military district during the Reconstruction era. After the Civil War, it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union in 1866, which exempted it from military oversight that was imposed on other former Confederate states. This early readmission allowed Tennessee to bypass some of the Reconstruction policies that affected its counterparts.
Confederate states
his grant of amnesty to former Confederate soldiers
A) The deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress I think this is right
The former Confederate States had never actually left the Union.
That is not true...when the representatives of the defeated Confederate states went to Congress in late 1865, they were turned away. It was not until their states had ratified the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution were the representatives allowed to return to the US Congress.
reconcilation
readmission into the union was when all the southern states that seceded came back and rejoined America
President Andrew Johnson wanted the Reconstruction policy to be more forgiving to the former confederate states. Members of the Republican party did not like this.