Andrew Johnson’s plan-The looming showdown between Lincoln and the Congress over competing reconstruction plans never occurred. The president was assassinated on April 14, 1865. His successor, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, lacked his predecessor’s skills in handling people; those skills would be badly missed. Johnson’s plan envisioned the following: Pardons would be granted to those taking a loyalty oathNo pardons would be available to high Confederate officials and persons owning property valued in excess of $20,000A state needed to abolish slavery before being readmittedA state was required to repeal its secession ordinance before being readmitted.Most of the seceded states began compliance with the president’s program. Congress was not in session, so there was no immediate objection from that quarter. However, Congress reconvened in December and refused to seat the Southern representatives. Reconstruction had produced another deadlock between the president and Congress. Charles Sumner (leader of the Radical Republicans) quote regarding Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan “This is one of the last great battles with slavery. Driven from the legislative chambers, driven from the field of war, this monstrous power has found a refuge in the executive mansion, where, in utter disregard of the Constitution and laws, it seeks to exercise its ancient, far-reaching sway. All this is very plain. Nobody can question it. Andrew Johnson is the impersonation of the tyrannical slave power. In him it lives again.” (Statement made during the debate on impeachment.)After reading the above plans, summarize the main points of the plans and who the plan would help/hurt.

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Andrew Johnson’s plan-The looming showdown between Lincoln and the Congress over competing reconstruction plans never occurred. The president was assassinated on April 14, 1865. His successor, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, lacked his predecessor’s skills in handling people; those skills would be badly missed. Johnson’s plan envisioned the following:                        Pardons would be granted to those taking a loyalty oathNo pardons would be available to high Confederate officials and persons owning property valued in excess of $20,000A state needed to abolish slavery before being readmittedA state was required to repeal its secession ordinance before being readmitted.Most of the seceded states began compliance with the president’s program. Congress was not in session, so there was no immediate objection from that quarter. However, Congress reconvened in December and refused to seat the Southern representatives. Reconstruction had produced another deadlock between the president and Congress.                                 Charles Sumner (leader of the Radical Republicans) quote regarding Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan “This is one of the last great battles with slavery. Driven from the legislative chambers, driven from the field of war, this monstrous power has found a refuge in the executive mansion, where, in utter disregard of the Constitution and laws, it seeks to exercise its ancient, far-reaching sway. All this is very plain. Nobody can question it. Andrew Johnson is the impersonation of the tyrannical slave power. In him it lives again.” (Statement made during the debate on impeachment.)After reading the above plans, summarize the main points of the plans and who the plan would help/hurt.

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In 1865, after fighting for four years, the Northerners emerged victorious in the Civil War, and the…