Video: Reconstruction: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Duration: 5:49

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

Video: Reconstruction: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Duration: 5:49

9/9/2019

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YouTube presents a 2019 video, produced by PragerU, that provides a short summary of how President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan--which granted amnesty to anyone directly or indirectly involved in the rebellion against the Union as long as they sign an oath of allegiance, except for the major Confederate leaders and anyone whose estates costed more than $20,000 in 1860--influenced the ultimate decision made about Reconstruction era policy.

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PragerU, YouTube

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