Equality should be emphasized towards the newly freed slaves
Amnesty would be granted the Confederates if they took an oath of allegiance and accepted slavery's abolition.
When 10% of a state's population took the oath, a new government could be established.
Bring in the South into the Union quicklywhile making sure black men weren't exactly included in the union
He allowed the Southern states to come back into the union very easily
His plan allowed ex-confederates to come into state and national office.
Give blacks the vote and give them land
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 allowed Congress to have more control of reconstruction.
The acts divided all the confederate states into five military districts.
Those states were required to create new constitutions that recognizing that slavery was not going to come back. They were also required to ratify the 14 amendment.