Lincoln’s 10% Plan

Johnson’s Plan

Radical’s Plan

14th Amendment

Reconstruction Act of 1867

VOTING

Pardon to all Southerners who took an oath except Confederate leaders

Whites Only;

High ranking Confederate leaders must seek pardons

Give vote to Blacks

Southern whites may decide but can lose representation if they deny Black sufferage

Black man gains vote

Whites barred from office by 14th Amendment

Cannot vote while new state governments are being formed

OFFICEHOLDING

Oath affirmed loyalty to Union and support of emancipation

Many prominent Confederates regain power

Only loyal white and black males eligible

Confederate leaders barred until Congress votes Amnesty

14th Amendment in effect

TIMEOUT OF UNION

When 10% of a state’s voters took oath, the state would be allowed back into Union

Brief

Several years;

Until South is thoroughly democratized

Brief

3-5 yrs after war

OTHER CHANGES IN SOUTHERN SOCIETY

Offer was refused, Lincoln killed before could follow through

Little;

Gain of power by yeoman not realized;

Emancipation grudgingly accepted but no black civil or political rights

Expand public education;

Confiscate land and provide farms for Freedmen;

Expansion of activists Federal Government

Probably slight; depending on enforcement

Considerable, depending on action of new state governments