The reconstruction plans sought by the Radical Republicans were designed to punish the South for the US Civil War. US President Johnson, who battled with the Radicals, had a more lenient plan for reuniting the North and the South.
The 10 Percent Plan was the title of Lincoln's plan for the South's recovery from from the war.
The Anaconda Plan
President Lincoln's proposal for reconstruction was called "Lincoln's 10% Plan." It was a plan to reunify the North and South after the War's end.
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Andrew Johnson wanted to punish the Southerners during Reconstruction. However, Lincoln was against this tactic and chose a more diplomatic approach.
lincoln's plan was definitely the most lenient.
Punish the South
Because Andrew Johnson wanted easy terms for the south but the congress wanted to punish the south.
The reconstruction plans sought by the Radical Republicans were designed to punish the South for the US Civil War. US President Johnson, who battled with the Radicals, had a more lenient plan for reuniting the North and the South.
The 10 Percent Plan was the title of Lincoln's plan for the South's recovery from from the war.
The federal governments plan to reform the South was by reconstruction. This was an attempt to rebuild and better the South.
In general Congress was not as forgiving as Lincoln. They wanted to punish the South and treat it like a conquered enemy.
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.
"10 percent" Reconstruction plan
there was no plan in place to get defeated states back in the union
Reconstruction.