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news and politics war and conflictsWho supported Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?
Similarly, it is asked, what was Andrew Johnson's plan for reconstruction?
section4. In 1865 President Andrew Johnson implemented a plan of Reconstruction that gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South.
Then, who opposed Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?
Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan because it did not ensure equal civil rights for freed slaves. After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, the new president, Andrew Johnson, issued his own Reconstruction Plan.
Congressional Reconstruction. A clash between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction was now inevitable. By the end of 1865, Radical Republican views had gained a majority in Congress, and the decisive year of 1866 saw a gradual diminishing of President Johnson's power.