Ten percent plan:- 1- 10% of any southern state that votes to be loyal to Lincoln and the union will be added to the union 2- the state will have representatives in Congress 3- only leaders that encouraged the civil war will not be forgiven 4- the state has to end slavery
Wade-Davis plan:- (radical republican plan)
1- 50% percent of any southern state has to vote 2- they must promise to end slavery 3- won’t have representatives in Congress *lincoln used his pocket veto because he believed the wade Davis plan slowed down the process of reconstruction.
*reconstruction failed. Pros:- 1- south was halfway rebuilt 2- slaves were free
Cons:- 1- Black codes, ku klux klan, and (poll tax, literacy test, and grandfather clause) made the freed men’s life’s restricted.
Amendments can be proposed in Congress when two thirds of both the House and Senate agree. The states can play a role in proposing changes to the Constitution as well: two thirds of the state legislatures must call conventions to propose amendments.
