Reconstruction
Although Presidential and Radical Reconstruction had some similarities, the much greater differences between them were the cause of the difference between a quickly and effectively restored union and a prolonged and inefficient attempt at doing so. One way sought to smooth over sectional tension, the other to keep the same arguments above the surface. It's now obvious today that the types of Reconstruction were the difference between trying to reconstruct the Union, and trying to revamp the south to become something it couldn't be.
The differences between Presidential and Radical Reconstruction were great in some areas, small in others, but all differences had an effect of the reconstruction process. Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan was no doubt a very lenient plan for the admittance of southern states which had all of two requirements, that ten percent of the eligible voters in a state take and oath of loyalty and that that same ten percent be accept the end of slavery. Throughout......
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