The assassination of Lincoln. His Vice-President Andrew Johnson of Tennessee had very different ideas about the treatment of ex-Confederates.
Ex-Confederates were treated fairly during Reconstruction. After the war ended, ex-Confederates who laid down their weapons were not persecuted or treated unfairly.
Ignoring Lincoln's wishes and imposing a harsh Reconstruction policy on the South caused resentment among the ex-Confederates.
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The Lost Cause
The Wade-Davis Bill, introduced in 1864 by Congress, aimed to impose stricter terms on the Reconstruction of the South compared to President Lincoln's approach. It required that a majority of white male citizens in a Confederate state take an "ironclad oath" of loyalty to the Union, effectively disenfranchising many ex-Confederates. Additionally, it sought to ensure that only those who had not supported the Confederacy could participate in the new state governments. This plan reflected a more punitive stance toward former Confederates, emphasizing accountability and a fundamental shift in Southern society.
Scalawags or whigs
Abraham Lincoln did not have an ex wife he was only married to Mary Todd and stayed married to her until he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
The election of ex-Confederates to Congress in 1865
Only the slaves that the Union armies were able to liberate physically during their campaigns. The Proclamation was not a law, and it could not be effective in the South, where Lincoln carried no authority. It also allowed slavery to continue in the Northern slave-states, so it was not even an abolitionist document. It just meant that if the North were to win the war, the ex-slaves obviously couldn't be returned to their ex-masters. Its most urgent purpose was to keep the British from helping the Confederates, as they could not afford to be seen fighting on the side of the slave-owners.
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