Congress and president Johnson were constantly at odds. When President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, some of the
Republican radicals were hopeful that the new president, Johnson, would have a harsher view against the South, and not re-admit the
states so easily as Lincoln would have, with his 10 percent plans. Johnson tricked them into believing that he would do just that and
reconstruct the South with a rod of iron. Those were not his real intentions, however, and he quickly began implementing many of
Lincoln's 10 percent plans, in hopes of re-admitting the South without much change whatsoever. Congress, and the Republican
radicals were infuriated. They wanted to force the South into submission and grant blacks many more privileges than Johnson seemed
to be doing by allowing the …show more content…
The problems with President Johnson's plans were many. If the South gained power back too easily, they wouldn't have
learned their lesson, and would have been able to gain a large portion of the political power and reverse much of the good that had
been done since the war. The problems with the views held by Congress were that if the Southern states were treated so harshly, or
even re-admitted as "Reconquered territories." there would be a long-lasting enmity against the North. Much harsher than it was
otherwise. Either plans would have worked. If Johnson had his way, things could be much different from how they are now. Slavery
could have been re-instituted, blacks would have lost practically all of their newly gained rights, and the South would have come back
into power much more rapidly than it has. If Congress had everything their way, the United States of America would know much more
dissention between her citizens, racism would be a far greater problem today, and the South would have been crippled for long after
the
Republican radicals were hopeful that the new president, Johnson, would have a harsher view against the South, and not re-admit the
states so easily as Lincoln would have, with his 10 percent plans. Johnson tricked them into believing that he would do just that and
reconstruct the South with a rod of iron. Those were not his real intentions, however, and he quickly began implementing many of
Lincoln's 10 percent plans, in hopes of re-admitting the South without much change whatsoever. Congress, and the Republican
radicals were infuriated. They wanted to force the South into submission and grant blacks many more privileges than Johnson seemed
to be doing by allowing the …show more content…
The problems with President Johnson's plans were many. If the South gained power back too easily, they wouldn't have
learned their lesson, and would have been able to gain a large portion of the political power and reverse much of the good that had
been done since the war. The problems with the views held by Congress were that if the Southern states were treated so harshly, or
even re-admitted as "Reconquered territories." there would be a long-lasting enmity against the North. Much harsher than it was
otherwise. Either plans would have worked. If Johnson had his way, things could be much different from how they are now. Slavery
could have been re-instituted, blacks would have lost practically all of their newly gained rights, and the South would have come back
into power much more rapidly than it has. If Congress had everything their way, the United States of America would know much more
dissention between her citizens, racism would be a far greater problem today, and the South would have been crippled for long after
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