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A Comparative Analysis of the Reconstruction Policies of Lincoln, Johnson, and the Radical Republicans Your Name Course and Section Professor's Name October 3, 2024 The so-called post-Civil War Reconstruction period was characterized by attempts to restore the Union and define the role of freed blacks. There are three approaches: one of Abraham Lincoln, one of Andrew Johnson, and the Radical Republicans, all having different goals respectively and comparing the Reconstruction policies of their administrations, analyzing the Reconstruction legislative achievements, and discussing the failure of the process. Lincoln's Reconstruction Policy: He announced the Ten Percent Plan to finalize the nation's joining quickly. It let the Southern states back into the Union if 10 percent of the citizens of these states pledged allegiance and accepted the prohibition of slavery (OpenStax, 2019). The lenient policy advocated by Lincoln was to reunite the nation, giving the South light punishment quickly. Still, he did not give a proper vision of the state of African Americans' civil rights, though his primary mission was to preserve the Union. Little Known Facts About Johnson's Reconstruction Policy Johnson became the U.S. President upon the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. His Presidential Reconstruction was even more liberal than Lincoln's in that he gave general pardons to many former Confederates. In compelling arguments, the southern states were only expected to approve the 13th Amendment. Johnson disagreed with extending civil rights to the freed African men and women; he even vetoed significant bills such as the Civil Rights Act of 1866. This provoked the Radical Republicans in Congress, and they never had a better reason to impeach him (Trefousse, 1989). Reconstruction policy of the Radical Republicans Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, and other like-minded members of Congress had a more rigid agenda for the Reconstruction. They wanted to give the society in the South a new face and sought the integration of African Americans. Their Congressional Reconstruction demanded that southern states approve the Fourteenth Amendment and subdivided the South into military districts that would compel civil rights (OpenStax, 2019). The Radicals also ensured the ratification of the 15th Amendment, giving African American males t...