President johnson's plan
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individual leaders of the southern states--not the states themselves--had
made the decisions to secede. therefore, states should not be punished
harshly for secession. it was in the best interest of the country to reunite
all states as quickly and as easily as possible.
in order to come back into the union, southern states would have to meet
these conditions:
-- call a convention to write a new constitution (set of laws).
- repeal (do away with) secession.
-cancel all confederate debts.
-- approve of the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery.
• once the above conditions were met, southerners were allowed to run
their own states, hold elections, and send representatives to congress.
i would give this plan a grade of
because