Lincoln's Plan: 1. He wanted voters in each state to take an oath of loyalty to the union - once 10% of the voters had taken the oath, the state could form a new state government. 2 He wanted slavery banned in all new states and in order for the state to have representation in Congress, it had to do these things. 3. Lincoln didn't want to punish the South after the war because his would slow down the nations healing. He offered amnesty to white southerners who would swear loyalty to the union. Only confederate leaders would be punished.When Lincoln died and Johnson became president, things changed. Johnson would give amnesty to most southerners as long as they swore loyalty to the union. Confederate leaders could receive pardons by appealing to him. Johnson opposed equal rights for African Americans and though that white men should manage the south. He did believe that states needed to outlaw slavery before rejoining the union.

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