Reconstruction was a plan proposed by Abraham Lincoln when he was elected for his second term in office. Convinced by the union army's victories, Lincoln went full out in December of 1863 he offered "Full Pardon" to all, it was called the Proclamation of Amnesty. ... Lincoln acknowledged this fact only towards the end of the war. ... Yes, through Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, slavery did come to an end, but the crisis of racism only increased throughout the south. ... This was a pass tense looking bill, while Lincoln's was forward looking. ...

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Abraham Lincoln. ... Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction of the country was to ultimately restore the Union. ... Lincoln didn't like this bill and he pocket vetoed it. When states started agreeing to Lincoln's plan Congress wouldn't let them rejoin the Union so Lincoln had to start negotiating with Congress. Then Lincoln was assassinated and his successor, Andrew Johnson had to take over. ...

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Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln's assassination in 1864. ... Abraham Lincoln believed that the Southern states had never legally withdrawn from the Union. In 1863, Lincoln proposed a plan called the "10% Plan." ... Moderate Republicans agreed with Lincoln's ideals. ... Radical Republicans were against Abraham Lincoln. ...

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The post-Civil War South is in shambles. With the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, the American South was in for a shock. How would this affect the culture that relied so heavily on slave-labor on vast plantations? Would the South just wither and be assimilated into the North?...

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The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Civil Rights Movement Throughout its history the United States has wrestled with civil rights issues. Even at this country's birth, its Founding Fathers incorporated the Three-Fifths Compromise, ending a dispute over slaves" votes, into the United States" very Const...

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