it led to conflicts with the republican congress. ~apex :P
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Congress, Jefferson, Pennsylvania farmers(Whiskey Rebellion)
His idea for reconstruction was to bury the south. The north was bitter and they did not want to give the south a chance to rise back up.Andrew Jackson's Reconstruction Plan was an initiative to reunite the Northern and Southern states. Jackson's plan was different than Lincoln's in that he granted pardons where Lincoln wanted those from the South punished.
Because Andrew Johnson wanted easy terms for the south but the congress wanted to punish the south.
President Andrew Johnson stopped punitive actions against the South. He pardoned hundreds of Confederate officers and returned confiscated lands back to plantation owners. He gutted the Freedman Bureau of power and funding and abruptly proclaimed reconstruction over in 1865. His actions angered the radical Republicans.
Andrew Johnson wanted to punish the Southerners during Reconstruction. However, Lincoln was against this tactic and chose a more diplomatic approach.