How was President Johnsons reconstruction plan different then the radical republicans?

Answer 1

Dick in the Butt! XD

Answer 2

Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for the war and to have black ex-slaves given full citizenship as whites had. Johnson, being a Southener himself, did not care for this type of plan in reconstructing the south. Johnson tried to institute Lincoln's more forgiving plan, the 10 percent plan, but Johnson did not have the political savy to get this plan moved in the Senate.

Answer 3

Democrat, Andrew Johnson was sympathetic to the South and wanted to remove many of the penalties against secession the Republicans had put forward. He had no sympathy for blacks either and one of his first moves was to virtually gut the Freedmen's Bureau of all its power. Basically, Johnson wanted to restore property to the plantation owners, remove any restrictions and remove federal troops from the South. The Republicans wanted to make sure the rights of the newly freed former slaves were protected, to punish the secessionists and provide steps for acceptance back into the Union (these varied according depending on whether it was Republicans or Radical Republicans).

Answer 4

Andrew Johnson was a southern democrat who served as vice president to Abraham Lincoln, a Republican.

Answer 5

Dick in the Butt! XD