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What caused reconstruction to not successfully occur? Mark all that apply
1 The Radical Republicans plan
2 The assassination of Lincoln
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Lincoln’s assassination removed his leadership and his more moderate plan for reunification. That opened the way for Andrew Johnson’s troubled presidency and political conflict that undermined Reconstruction. The Radical Republicans’ plan itself aimed to enforce rights and rebuild the South (so it wasn’t the primary cause of Reconstruction’s failure).
Lincoln’s assassination removed his leadership and his more moderate plan for reunification. That opened the way for Andrew Johnson’s troubled presidency and political conflict that undermined Reconstruction. The Radical Republicans’ plan itself aimed to enforce rights and rebuild the South (so it wasn’t the primary cause of Reconstruction’s failure).
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