Abraham Lincoln played a major part in the success of the Reconstruction process in the 1800’s. After the Civil war, Lincoln decided to better the country by first creating the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 that freed black Americans who were labored slaves at that time. Once freed,the slaves were able to live like others by being free to go as they pleased, work, educate themselves and eventually some had the right to vote which these things were considered as a major success to African Americans. Lincoln’s plan was not only to unite African Americans with the rest of society. However it was to unite the divided states like the southern states. Lincoln’s Ten Percent plan that took place in 1863 offered amnesty which eventually led to what
