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Somebody | Wanted | But | So |

President Abraham Lincoln | The nation to heal as quickly as possible from the Civil War and planned to reunify the nation quickly | He was assassinated in 1865 only days after Robert E. Lee’s Surrender | Plans for Reconstruction were taken over by Vice President Andrew Johnson, who became president after Lincoln’s death |

President Andrew Johnson | To reunite the union and follow behind Abraham Lincoln | He was too generous with pardons to the south to change if confederates came to power | The radicals were infuriated and believed that change was not possible if former confederates returned to power. Later in the fall, the election was mostly run by the Republicans so they make lots of bills |

Radical Republicans | To control the south until they could be sure the South would not return to its pre-Civil War ways, including slavery | President Johnson veto many bills that Congress passed | Other republicans joined the Radicals and the republicans were able to override the president’s vetoes and put the plan in action. |

Southern Democrats | The removal of the remaining federal troops | They had to mention the decision of the to make Rutherford B. Hayes the 19th president in the 1876 election. | The Southern Democrats agreed to accept Rutherford B. Hayes as the next president if he removed all remaining federal troops from the South and naming a Southern Democrat towards his own staff. |

What was the main issue relating to Reconstruction that divided Republicans at the end of the Civil War? If you had been a member of Congress at the time, what type of plan for Reconstruction would you have supported and why?

The main issue relation to Reconstruction that divided reconstruction at the end of the Civil War was that there were two groups of Republicans. The Radical Republicans wanted to punish the former Confederate officials. The moderate Republicans just wanted to reunite the Union. If I was a member of Congress at...