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Reconstruction
Competing Plans for Reconstruction
Moderate-Conservative Republicans Former Confederate States
ISSUE
Presidential Plan
Radical Republicans
Readmission to the Union
War guilt
Disenfranchisement
Land Redistribution
Black suffrage
Federal protection
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Reconstruction
Competing Plans for Reconstruction
Presidential Plan
ISSUE Readmission to the Union 10%-50% Loyalty Oath Repudiate Confed. debt Repeal ordinances of secession Ratify 13th Amendment Require a loyalty oath to regain property and rights High Confederate officials & those worth $20,000 must apply for individual pardons. Disenfranchise only those not pardoned. 50% Loyalty Oath Repudiate Debt! Revoke ordinances of secession! Ratify 13th Amendment! Require a loyalty oath. Considered charging ex-Confederate leaders. Bar ex-Confederates from holding office! Deny the vote to Confederate supporters. Some wanted to take land from top 5% (“chief rebels”). Others opposed redistribution – respected property rights. Yes, for adult black males, at least in the South. Place 10 unreconstructed states under military 50% Loyalty Oath Repudiate Debt! Revoke Ordinances! Ratify 13th Amendment Require a loyalty oath before granting pardons.
Radical Republicans
Moderate-Conservative Republicans
Former Confederate States
10% Loyalty Oath Honor Debt! Revoke Ordinances Abolish Slavery Opposed loyalty oaths & requirements for pardons. Opposed disenfranchising Southerners! Opposed plans to redistribute lands to freedmen.
War guilt
Disenfranchisement Land Redistribution
Against disenfranchising.
No. Confiscation laws apply only to wartime.
No?
Black suffrage Federal protection
Opposed! Opposed!
Extend voting rights to black veterans and educated blacks. Maybe
Opposed! States Rights!
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Reconstruction
Competing Plans for Reconstruction
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