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How did President Lincoln's assassination changed the reconstruction period?
How did Johnson's policies differ from Lincoln's?
Lincoln was advocating for a more moderate and forgiving approach to reconstruction, offering amnesty to many former Confederates and supporting the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery. Johnson, on the other hand, was opposed to many of the civil rights reforms of the Radical Republicans in Congress and vetoed several key pieces of legislation aimed at protecting African Americans.