Reconstruction: The Four Different Approaches For Reconstruction
1. There were four different plans for Reconstruction, but all had different approaches on how to recontruct the South. Abraham Lincoln's plan was very lenient, and pardoned all Confederates who swore allegiance to the Union, except for high ranking officials. When 10% of the voters of a state took an oath of loyalty to the Union, the state would be readmitted into the Union. Andrew Jackson's plan was similar to Lincoln's plan, except it excluded high-ranking Confederates and wealthy Southern landowners from taking the oath as well. The Radical Republicans took a different approach, and wanted to destroy the political power of former slave owners. They also wanted African Americans to have rights. Lastly, the Congressional Plan gave African
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Conditions for African Americans in the North differed very slightly from the South, including segregation, discrimination, and violence. The South was heavily segregated due to the Jim Crow Laws, and had separate facilities for blacks and whites. The North wasn't segregated as much, although black and white neighborhoods were separate. Discrimination in the North was very much like the South. Employers rarely hired African Americans, as well as public groups didn't support African American membership. Violence was present in the South and the North, but the Southerners were more extreme -- many lynchings took place if Southern African Amerians broke the racial laws. African Americans faced rough conditions in both the South and North, although conditions were slightly different.
2. The Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling affected the civil rights of African Americans by legalizing segregation, allowed segregation to continue for many years, and caused more discrimination. The ruling stated that if blacks and whites are kept equal, then segregation is constitutional. Also, due to the ruling, segregation remained a part of the country for the next 60 years. Lastly, it allowed more facilities to become segregated, and ignored the fact that most segregated facilities were not
Conditions for African Americans in the North differed very slightly from the South, including segregation, discrimination, and violence. The South was heavily segregated due to the Jim Crow Laws, and had separate facilities for blacks and whites. The North wasn't segregated as much, although black and white neighborhoods were separate. Discrimination in the North was very much like the South. Employers rarely hired African Americans, as well as public groups didn't support African American membership. Violence was present in the South and the North, but the Southerners were more extreme -- many lynchings took place if Southern African Amerians broke the racial laws. African Americans faced rough conditions in both the South and North, although conditions were slightly different.
2. The Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling affected the civil rights of African Americans by legalizing segregation, allowed segregation to continue for many years, and caused more discrimination. The ruling stated that if blacks and whites are kept equal, then segregation is constitutional. Also, due to the ruling, segregation remained a part of the country for the next 60 years. Lastly, it allowed more facilities to become segregated, and ignored the fact that most segregated facilities were not