Explain the differences between the congressional (Radical Republican) and presi

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Explain the differences between the congressional (Radical Republican) and presidential (Lincoln and Johnson) reconstruction plans. How did the Federal government’s attempt at reconstructing the South embitter Southerners and exacerbate racial tension? How did the Federal government attempt to protect the rights of the freedmen in the South? Your response should include a paragraph for each question and each paragraph should be at least four sentences with a minimum of 100 words per paragraph. You should cite pages from your text to support your answer. You may use only the text as a source in answering the discussion questions. Your response should be a minimum of 300 words total. Textbook: American history II [Pearson custom text for Indiana Wesleyan University from The American Journey]. (2016). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.

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DIFFRENCE BETWEEN CONGRESSIONAL AND PRESIDENTIAL RECOUNSTRUCTION

Congressional Reconstruction restricted eligibility for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the South.. Presidential Reconstruction was run by the president. The president who at the time was Abraham Licoln made it up. When he died Johnson took over the plan. Congress lost hope in him so they tried to impeach him. They also in turn took over and named there plan Congressional reconstruction. Therefore Congress made Congresional Reconstruction and The president made presidential reconstruction. The presidential reconstruction supported the 10% rule, while the congressional reconstruction rejected the rule, instead they supported the"forfeited-rights theory"which states that as long as the southerners rebelled against the union; they had forfeited their rights under the U.S. constitution... Also the presidential rule was very lenient towards the southerners. and offered some form of amnesty to southerners who would take oath of allegiance. the congressional reconstruction wanted revenge against the south.republican agreed with Lincoln that the seceded states should be restored to the Union as simply and swiftly as reasonable but only on Congress plans, not the president's. The Radical republicans on the other hand believed that the SOuth needed to be painfully purnished for their sins. The Radical republicans wanted the South's social structure to be uprooted, the planters punished, and the newly emancipated blacks protected by federal power before they could be restored back into the Union.reconstruction reistriced eligibillity for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the south.. presidental reconstruction. the president who at the time was Abraham licoln made it up

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