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President Lincoln seemed to favor self-Reconstruction by the states with little assistance from Washington. To appeal to poorer whites, he offered topardonall Confederates; to appeal to former plantation owners and southern aristocrats, he pledged to protect private property. Unlike Radical Republicans in Congress, Lincoln did not want to punish southerners or reorganize southern society. His actions indicate that he wanted Reconstruction to be a short process in which secessionist states could draft new constitutions as swiftly as possible so that the United States could exist as it had before. But historians can only speculate that Lincoln desired a swift reunification, for his assassination in 1865 cut his plans for Reconstruction short.
Source- Sparknotes.com-american reconstruction.
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Why was it difficult to vote for Lincoln in the south?
The South wanted more control of their own states. Lincoln did not support this. Also, the South supported slavery, and Lincoln didn't.
What was Lincoln's pet's name?
Abraham Lincoln had a dog named Fido and several cats.While in the White House, President Lincoln did favor one cat named "Tabby".Once while "Tabby", was seated next to him at a White House dinner, Mrs. Lincoln was appalled and remarked that it was shameful that Mr. Lincoln actually feeds the cat, with a gold fork. President Lincoln replied, "If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby."
Northerner who settled in the south after the civil war and supported radical reconstruction?
Southerners who supported the Republican party and were in favor of Reconstruction were known by the pejorative term "Scalawags" in the south. They were vilified by the pro-federation southern majority that considered "radical" notions like desegregation and integration degenerate "Northern" ideals.
When a civil right law was challenged after the civil war the supreme court rule?
in favor of discimination against African Americans because it was not slavery.
Why did president Lincoln believe the copperheads were a threat to the union war effort?
The Copperheads were a group of Northern Democrats who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. They were also called Peace Democrats, because they were in favor of a compromise peace. The Confederates believed that if they could prolong the war, and cause enough war-weariness in the North, Lincoln could lose the 1864 election. If so, the South might gain its independence. Unfortunately for the Copperheads, the fall of Atlanta in September 1864 meant that the Radical Republicans prevailed, and Lincoln was re-elected. By the time of his assassination on April 15, 1865, the war was essentially over.
