Week 4 Disc 2.docx - For the initial post, craft a response...

For the initial post, craft a response comparing the three (3) Reconstruction plans:
 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (10% Plan) - Lincoln
 Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan
 Congressional Reconstruction Plan (Congress)
Then, address the following for your selections:
 Analyze if the South should have been treated as a defeated nation or as
rebellious states.
 Explain how the American culture and society changed in the North versus the
South during Reconstruction.
 Analyze the impact of the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction on
African-Americans.
In late 1863, Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which came to be
known as his 10 Percent Plan. The ten prevent plan specified that a southern state could be
readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of
1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union. Voters could then elect delegates to draft revised