What were the strengths and weaknesses of reconstruction?
The strengths of Radical Reconstruction were that it passed the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. Its weakness is that the gains could not last. The southern economy was in a shambles, poor white and black citizens often became sharecroppers, and resentment led to terrorism, Jim Crow laws, and the Ku Klux Kan.
Why did Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan fail?
Johnson’s conservative view of Reconstruction did not include the involvement of former slaves in government, and he refused to heed Northern concerns when Southern state legislatures implemented Black Codes, laws that limited the basic human rights and civil liberties of blacks.
What was the difference between Lincoln’s and Johnson’s reconstruction plans?
Johnson’s plan wasn’t as willing to give as much freedom to newly free slaves as Lincolns was. Johnson wanted to give the land back to the south unlike the RR. Johnson’s plan gave less protection to freed slaves then the Radical Republican’s plan. Unlike the 10% plan, the plan they had wanted to punish the south.
How were Johnson’s and Lincoln’s reconstruction plans similar?
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plans were similar in that they both had similar requirements for former Confederate states to be reunited into the Union. This required ten percent of voters to take a loyalty oath and for the states to ratify the 13th Amendment.
What were the major differences between presidential and congressional reconstruction plans?
There were two different approaches to Reconstruction. Presidential Reconstruction was the approach that promoted more leniency towards the South regarding plans for readmission to the Union. Congressional Reconstruction blamed the South and wanted retribution for causing the Civil War.
In what two ways were Lincoln’s 10% plan and Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan alike?
How was President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan similar and different from President Lincoln’s 10% plan? They were similar in that they both wanted to reunite the nation as quickly as possible.
How long did radical reconstruction last?
Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era following the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States.