Congress and President Andrew Johnson disagreed on a reconstruction plan primarily due to differing visions for the post-Civil War South. Johnson favored a lenient approach that allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union quickly with minimal conditions, while Congress, particularly the Radical Republicans, sought a more stringent plan that included protecting the rights of freed slaves and ensuring civil rights. This clash reflected deeper ideological divides over issues of race, power, and the future governance of the South. Ultimately, their inability to reach consensus led to a power struggle and the eventual impeachment of Johnson.
Congress wanted to eliminate the Black Codes, while Johnson did not
how did president johnson and congress change the reconstruction plan during lincoln's death?
Congress
Because Johnson's plan was implemented when Congress was out of session. Power play, pure and simple. jesslyn bigelow answered this(:
Too Hard On The South.
Lincoln's plan was the ten percent plan and Johnson's plan was Reconstruction
Because Andrew Johnson wanted easy terms for the south but the congress wanted to punish the south.
A major difference between Johnson's Reconstruction plan and Congress' plan was their approach to granting political rights to freed slaves. Johnson's plan mainly focused on restoring political power to former Confederate leaders, while Congress' plan, known as Radical Reconstruction, aimed at protecting the civil and political rights of freed slaves through legislation like the Civil Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment. Additionally, Congress' plan was much more aggressive in terms of government intervention in the Southern states than Johnson's more lenient and forgiving approach.
It led to conflict with the republican congress
The violence of the whiskey rebellion had alarmed them.
Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, Johnson's Reconstruction Plan and the Radical Republicans in Congress Reconstrucion plan
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution.