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BurtonFan asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 1 decade ago

What are the similarities and differences in Lincoln's and Johnson's reconstruction plan?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Lincoln’s Plan

    (Ten Percent Plan)

    ·

    *Wanted to extend voting rights

    ·

    *Created Freedman’s

    Bureau to protect African

    Americans’ rights

    *· Would not force states to

    give rights to African

    Americans held by white

    Americans

    *· Offered amnesty to

    southern states when

    10% of its voters took

    loyalty oath

    Andrew Johnson’s Plan

    (Restoration)

    *· Opposed granting all freed

    slaves equal rights or the

    right to vote

    ·

    *Vetoed Freedman’s

    Bureau and Civil Rights

    bill

    ·

    *Most southerners

    would be granted

    amnesty after swearing

    loyalty oath, including

    ex-Confederate leaders

    Source(s): school books and internet hope i helped
  • 1 decade ago

    i heard lincoln had a big johnson... does that count?

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