Reconstruction Plans

The reconstruction was basically based on bringing southern states back into the union, regard that this as well brought many complications. One major complication that seemed to influence this movement the most were radical republicans. Radical republicans were those who strongly believed that those who were part of the confederate states should be punished toughly. Their reasoning for this was because the rebellious states were the ones responsible for the starting of the civil war.  They surely were not advocates for the idea of having 10% of the rebellious states oath to be part of the union, and be readmitted into the union. 

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