Red biennium, from 1919-1920
I would describe Lincoln's plans for the South as lenient. Lincoln wanted to welcome the South back into the Union, not by punishing the South by using strict laws.
At the height of the Great Depression, it was said that about 25% of the labor force was out of work.
A country needs rules about citizens cause in reality you cant have random people, bad record or not, coming in your country and just being a citizen instantly without any proof of trust, little do they know they could be a terrorist with the rights of a citizen just cause theirs no way to justify who's one or not.
