This chart compares the major features of Reconstruction plans.
Lincoln's Plan
required 10% of voters
in a state to swear an
oath of loyalty to the
Union
pardoned former
Confederates
required new state
constitutions to outlaw
slavery
Johnson's Plan
adopted from Lincoln's
plan
offered amnesty to
former Confederates
required southern
states to ratify the 13th
Amendment
provided no support for
the Freedmen's Bureau
Radical Republican's
Plan
split the Confederacy
into 5 military districts
required states to write
new constitutions
before re-entering the
Union
required states to ratify
the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments
supported the
Freedmen's Bureau and
outlawed Black Codes
Based on this chart, who benefited the most from the transition to Congressional Reconstruction?
wealthy southerners
former Confederate generals
O newly freed African Americans
O carpetbaggers
