The Reconstruction Plan that was considered the strictest was the Congressional Reconstruction Plan, also known as Radical Reconstruction or Reconstruction Act of 1867. This plan was implemented by the Radical Republicans in the United States Congress during the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War. It aimed to impose harsher measures on the defeated Southern states and protect the civil rights of newly emancipated African Americans. It divided the South into military districts, required the states to ratify the 14th Amendment (granting equal protection under the law to all citizens, including former slaves), and allowed African American males to vote. This plan was strict in terms of its measures to enforce social and political change in the South.
