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Question 1 100 pts Asynch #5 This week we will be examining the aftermath of the Civil War and a time period called Reconstruction. You will write two paragraphs that answer these questions: 1) What were Lincoln and the Republican Congress's plans for Reconstruction and were they completed? 2) Why can you argue that Reconstruction failed?

Answer 1

Page 1 (0 the American in During Civil war December 1863, Abraham Lincoln offered a model fore reinstatement of Southern states called the "10 percent" plan. It decreed that a state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10 per cent of the 1860 vote count from that state had taken an oath of allegiance to the United States and pleged to abide by emancipation. Voters then could elect delegates to dreaft revised state constitutions and establish new state governmente. All southerners, except fore high-ranking Confederate Aremy officers and government officials, would be greanted a full partdon. Lincoln guaranteed Southeriences that he would preotect theire Preivate property, though not theire slaves. By 1864 Louisiana, Tenneuee, and Arkansar had established felly functioning Unionist governmente. When president Abreaham Lincoln, a Republican, was auascinated at the end of the civil ware, vice president Andreew Johnson, a democrat from Tennessee and foremere slave holder became president Johnion favoured rapid measures to bring the south back into the Union, allowing the southern states to determine the rights of Formere slaves. Radical Republicans in Congress sought strongere, federal measures to upgrade the rights of African Americans, including the fourteenth Amendment to the united states

Page 2 Constitution, while cultailling the right of former confederates, such as through the preovisions of the wade-David Bill. Johnson, the most prominent southerore to oppose the confederacy followed a lenient policy towared ex-Confederatel. Lincoln's last speeches show that he was learning to woreds supporting the enfreanchisement of all freedomen, where as Johnson and the Demo creatic party were strongly opposed to this . In shoret, the terms of the plan were eary fore most southerners to accept. Though the emancipation of slaves was an imponible pill for some Confederate to sbuallow. Lincoln's plan was charitable considering the costliness of the ware. With the proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstrella ction, Lincoln was seizing the initiative fore the construction from Congrel. Some Radial Republicans thought the plan was fare too eary on the south, but others accepted it became of the presidente Preltige and Leadership. Following Lincoln's assauination in April 1865 the dis agreements over the postware reconstru ction policy Led to a heated battle between the next president, Andew Johnson, and congreen

page-3 (2) During the Reconstruction erea that followed the American civil ware, the reunification of the nation and majore gains in equality fore African Americans preogreened even as the population split in new and endureing ways. When the period came to a bitter and many of its gains were eraud. But in this encerept from the new book Reconstruction: A concine Historey , historian Allen C. Guelo explains why it's not right to say that Reconstruction failed. The end of Reconstruction is often spoken of in peychological terems, as a Collapse of white Americans neuve, ore as a failure of Republican political will, when in cold treuth Reconstruction did not fail w, much as it was overthrown. - Reconstruction after the Civil ware was a failure. The Noreth was at odds and distracted over how the efforet should be addrewed and thus and did not effectuely rebuild the south and bring it back into the union. Alo although fore a time it appeared as if the freeed slanel would become equal with whitel, reaciem was allowed to pervade into society.

page-4 there force, as reen in the ineffective efforets to breing the south back into the Union as a healthy equal to the Horeth, Reconstruction also failed to succenfully integreate freed sloves into society.