Rival Plans for Reconstruction
Plan / Ten % Plan / Wade-Davis Bill / Johnson Plan / Reconstruction ActProposed by / Pres. Lincoln 1863 / Radical Republicans in Congress 1864 / Pres. Andrew Johnson 1865 / Radical Republicans 1867
Conditions for former Confederate states to rejoin Union / *10% of voters must swear loyalty
*must abolish slavery / · majority of white men must swear loyalty
· former Confederate volunteers cannot vote or hold office / *majority of white men must swear loyalty
*must ratify the 13th amendment
*former Confederate officials may vote and hold office
*own +20,000 acres/held high official office=apply directly to Pre. For pardon
*repeal secession ordiances
*void war debts / *must disband state gov’t
*must write new constitutions
*must ratify 14th amendment
*African American men must be allowed to vote
In the early years of Reconstruction, federal leaders debated several plans for readmitting southern states.
1. Identify one similarity between the Wade-Davis Bill and President Johnson’s plan.
2. Identify one difference.
3. If Lincoln had lived, do you think he would have supported the 1867 Reconstruction Act? Explain.