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The Two Plans of Reconstruction

The Two Plans of Reconstruction. Presidential and Congressional. Presidential Reconstruction. Both Lincoln and Johnson supported lenient plans for Reconstruction. The idea was to make it easy and quick for former confederate states to rejoin the Union, so the country could move on.

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The Two Plans of Reconstruction

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  1. The Two Plans of Reconstruction Presidential and Congressional

  2. Presidential Reconstruction • Both Lincoln and Johnson supported lenient plans for Reconstruction. • The idea was to make it easy and quick for former confederate states to rejoin the Union, so the country could move on. • 10% Plan (Lincoln): Once ten percent of a southern state's 1860 voters had taken an oath of loyalty, the state could rejoin the Union.

  3. Presidential Reconstruction • Both Lincoln and Johnson provided for a generous amnesty to allow Southerners to retain their property and reacquire their political rights. • Johnson supported the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery but was reluctant to support Black suffrage believing this was an issue for states.

  4. Congressional Reconstruction • Believed the South should be punished for starting the war and hoped to protect the rights of Freedmen (former slaves).

  5. Congressional Reconstruction • Extended the Freedmen's Bureau (Over Johnson's Veto) to provide food, clothing, shelter, and education to freedmen and war refugees. • Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Passed over Johnson's Veto) designed to grant freedmen full legal equality, undercutting the Black Codes

  6. Congressional Reconstruction • Reconstruction Act of 1867 (Passed over Johnson's Veto) • Divided the South into 5 districts and placed them under military rule (disbanded governments readmitted under Lincoln/Johnson plans • Required S. States to ratify the 14th Amendment • Guaranteed freedmen the right to vote in conventions to write new state constitutions • 15th Amendment (Gave black men the right to vote.)

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