2. Reconstruction Acts of 1867
3. 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery) of 1865
4. 14th Amendment (granting citizenship and equal protection under the law) of 1868
5. 15th Amendment (granting voting rights regardless of race) of 1870
Why was President Lincoln unable to persuade congress to accept his reconstruction plan
President Lincoln's reconstruction plan, known as the Ten Percent Plan, was based on the idea that as soon as ten percent of a state's voters took an oath of allegiance to the Union and accepted the end of slavery, they could form a new state government. However, some members of Congress, known as the Radical Republicans, felt that this plan was too lenient on the former Confederate states. They believed that the South should be punished for their role in the Civil War and that African Americans should be granted full citizenship and rights. As a result, Congress passed their own reconstruction measures, such as the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, which set stricter requirements for readmission to the Union and put the South under military rule. President Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865, so he was unable to see his full reconstruction plan through.
