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What are the key differences between Abraham Lincoln's and Andrew Johnson's plans for Reconstruction?

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Answer: The looming showdown between Lincoln and the Congress over competing reconstruction plans never occurred. The president was assassinated on April 14, 1865. His successor, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, lacked his predecessor’s skills in handling people; those skills would be badly missed.

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Johnson's plan barred from political participation any ex-Confederate with taxable property worth $20,000 or more.

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