President Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson’s beliefs were disparate from each other. To start off, President Lincoln’s reconstruction plan was based on amnesty; mostly for forgiving the South. In 1863, President Lincoln issued Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to re-unite the United States as an entire state. President Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction plan was based on chastening the South for its actions forcing them to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6th, 1865. Both of these actions were greatly similar they both had something to do with the south and both of them went through congress before any actions were passed. However, these decisions that were made were more of a political decision used to end the war (Civil
