3.12.13
Reconstruction Plans
    There were three plans for reconstruction after the Civil War: Lincoln's, Johnson's (after Lincoln was assassinated he became President), and the plan of the Radical Republicans in Congress. Lincoln did not want the Reconstruction period to be dragged out. His plan had two main parts. The first part was that all Southerners would be pardoned when they took an oath of allegiance to the Union. Also, as soon as 10% of the voters in the state took the oath, the state would be allowed to rejoin the Union. Radical Republicans thought this was not nearly harsh enough and had their own ideas. The republicans thought the south should be more severely punished. They also wanted to insure that the newly freed slaves obtained their new  civil rights. The republicans also managed to gain control of both houses in Congress. With this power they passed the 13th Amendment making slavery illegal all across the states. The republicans also passed the Freedmen's Bureau Act which protected the legal rights of blacks. Then, there was Johnson's reconstruction plan. As a native southerner, he shared many views about blacks that were had by southerners at the time. As a result, he did not promote equal rights for the former slaves and did not involve them in the reconstruction process. Johnson also added some requirements for the southern states to rejoin the Union. They had to ratify the 13th Amendment (outlawing slavery), nullify their secession, and promise not to repay money borrowed during the Civil War. Reconstruction remade the south and had some positive, and negative, outcomes in the long run.
Sources:
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h126.html 
http://www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/presidential-and-congressional-reconstruction-plans/
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