You're correct! President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War was characterized by its leniency toward the South. His approach, especially articulated in the Ten Percent Plan, aimed to reunite the nation quickly and with minimal punishment for the Southern states. The plan allowed for Southern states to be readmitted to the Union once 10% of their voters took an oath of allegiance to the Union. This lenient stance was rooted in Lincoln's desire to heal a divided nation and promote reconciliation.
Lincoln's vision, however, faced challenges and opposition from more radical factions within Congress who believed in a harsher approach toward the South, which they felt deserved more stringent terms for readmission. After Lincoln's assassination in 1865, his approach was largely overshadowed by the more punitive Reconstruction policies enacted by Congress under President Andrew Johnson and later administrations.
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