Alexa Leon 1/12/16
1.1.3 Journal: Reconciliation or Punishment There were three main different reconstruction plans. One was President Lincoln’s plan, another
President Johnson’s plan, and lastly the radical plan.
Lincoln’s reconstruction plan was to offer the South and all former confederates amenity or pardon. His plan also stated that southern states if having a 10% vote from its citizens would be reimbursed into the union and a new constitution written for that state. Unlike the radical
Republicans reconstruction plan lincoln did not want to punish the south but instead wanted them to rejoin the union as quickly as possible. President Johnson’s which was Lincoln’s successor took up the threads where Lincoln had left off. Johnson’s plan was somewhat similar to where Lincoln’s but pleased congress and the radical republicans more so, because Johnson started confiscating land from the wealthy aristocratic southerners. His plan was to grant pardon to ex­confederates but if you would have to get a pardon from the president himself. Johnson’s, unlike Lincoln’s plan was more hesitant to provide protection to the newly freed black men.
The radicals reconstruction plan was unlike Johnson’s or Lincoln’s. For instead of wanting the south to rejoin the union the radicals wanted to punish the south instead. Their plan wanted to put into action the ironclad oath where former confederates or anyone else who had actively supported the confederates would not be allowed to vote. The radical republicans also gave more protection to the freed black men than Johnson. They also believed that Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plan was too lenient to the south.