How do you think southern whites reacted to president Andrew Johnson’s plan?
President Johnson’s Plan (10%+)
Offered amnesty upon simple oath to all except
Confederate civil and military officers and those with
property over $20,000 (they could apply directly to
Johnson)
In new constitutions, they must accept minimum
conditions repudiating slavery, secession and state debts.
Named provisional governors in Confederate states and
called them to oversee elections for constitutional
conventions.
EFFECTS?
1. Disenfranchised certain leading Confederates.
2. Pardoned planter aristocrats brought them back
to political power to control state organizations.
3. Republicans were outraged that planter elite
were back in power in the South!
1 answer
Yes.