Palawan, the Philippines: The Most Beautiful Island in the World. by Lindsay Talbot January 13, 2016. The Philippines's Palawan Island was voted the no. 2 island in the world by our readersâand with pictures like these, you can easily see why.
Presidential Reconstruction. In 1865 President Andrew Johnson implemented a plan of Reconstruction that gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South.he end of the Civil War found the nation without a settled Reconstruction policy. In May 1865, President Andrew Johnson offered a pardon to all white Southerners except Confederate leaders and wealthy planters (although most of these later received individual pardons), and authorized them to create new governments.
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.ndrew Johnson Reconstruction Plan. Most of the seceded states began compliance with the president s program. Congress was not in session, so there was no immediate objection from that quarter. However, Congress reconvened in December and refused to seat the Southern representatives.