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1. President Lincolns Ten Percent Plan a. Under this plan, no longer would Southern aristocrats be in charge of state governments. Instead, the first ten percent of voters in 1860 who took an oath to remain faithful to the Union became the leaders of that states government. In this way, no longer are there largely opposed factions of the south that can gain the strength of an entire state to refuse rejoining the Union. 2. The Wade-Davis Bill a. The Radicals response to Lincolns conservative plan was to ultimately give him the overarching power to craft and frame the government of the states in reconstruction, making it so that a majority of the white male voting population had to take the Ironclad oath in order for the states to start drafting new constitutions which also were required to abolish all means of slavery. Although President Lincoln vetoed this bill, it was a step for Radicals in creating their definition of reconstruction. 3. The Black Codes a. The codes themselves did very little to aid in support Freedmen, but what it did was bring the Southern state legislatures back into congress which was a pressing problem for the reentry process. Thus, allowing southern legislature was crucial to the political unity in America.
the poor so that the infrastructure could be improved and all inhabitants of the South could have a financial base as they proceed to rejoin the Union. 3. Carpetbaggers a. This pejorative term was used to wrongly generalize well educated members of the middle-class from the Union who sought out opportunity in the South. These included teachers, doctors, and war veterans who saw more economical chances in the South than in the West. Thus they vouch for the southern economy by supporting it, creating an example for other Northerners to possibly contribute to this process.