The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction was his plan to get the Confederate states back into the Union by granting pardons to all Southerners (except political leaders) who took an oath of future allegiance to the Union. Reconstruction ended the Confederate secession and abolished slavery which made the newly freed slaves citizens with civil rights that were guaranteed by three new constitutional amendments.
In Roman society, the aristocrats were known as patricians. The highest positions in the government were held by two consuls, or leaders, who ruled the Roman Republic. A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls. At this time, lower-class citizens, or plebeians, had virtually no say in the government.
