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In contrast to the Congressional Reconstruction plan, what was the focus of President Andrew Johnson's plan?

A.
protecting of the rights of freedmen and freedwomen

B.
readmitting states to the Union as quickly as possible

C.
punishing the Southern states for starting the Civil War

D.
providing economic opportunities for African Americans

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B. readmitting states to the Union as quickly as possible

Johnson's presidential (or "lenient") Reconstruction prioritized rapid restoration of Southern states with broad amnesty for former Confederates and few protections for freedpeople, unlike Congressional (Radical) Reconstruction, which emphasized civil rights and restructuring Southern society.