Why did President Johnson deviate his original plan of punishing southerners by making it difficult to reenter the union?

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Magiclantern · Answer 1 · 2016-03-02T18:45:31+0000

This is a highly contested question, but most believed that he became far more lenient with the South because of a strong racist attitude, and the fact that many rich Southern planters "pleaded" for mercy.

Why did President Johnson deviate his original plan of punishing southerners by making it difficult to reenter the union?

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