Abraham Lincoln stated, "A house divided against itself cannot stand… I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free." America will "become all one thing, or all the other." Meaning that the nation was one, and that it should no longer be bitterly divided by North and South. Lincoln wanted the nation to join as one, so that Lincoln's plans of the reconstruction years could begin. Abraham Lincoln saw the importance of quickly rebuilding the country wounds after all of the abusive demolition caused from the war. Owing more than $2 billion, the southern states were extremely crippled after the war. almost every battle took place on southern soil and destruction of it all was tremendous. reconstruction years were
