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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Was presidential reconstruction punitive or conciliatory?

OpenStudy (wwhitlock):

Lincoln's plan was to readmit states with generous terms. Johnson, his successor, continued with that idea. However, Congress wanted to punish the states before readmitting them.

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