Radical Reconstruction

The Radical Reconstruction plan was made by president Andrew Johnson. The Radical Reconstruction was Johnson's attempt to carry on and finish what the former President Lincoln had started.


President Andrew Johnson's Radical Reconstruction plan was meant to excuse those who took the oath of loyalty. If a wealthy Southerner or an important Confederate official wanted a pardon, they would have to personally request it from the president. If a state wanted to reenter the Union they would have to give their consent to the thirteenth amendment and then deny their war debts. However, not everybody agreed to Johnson's Radical Reconstruction plan. The Radical Republicans and a few Northerners strongly disagreed with Johnson's plan.

It is not surprising that the Radical Republicans didn't want the Confederate states to be able to be so easily pardoned. It makes sense that they would want some sort of punishment to be brought upon the Confederates because most of them, if not all, supported the Confederate troops, who were killing the soldiers belonging to the Union side, during the war. There is also the feeling that justice needed to be served when another person does wrong to you, that the Radical Republicans most likely felt. The Radical Republicans were very much against slavery.
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