Pretend that you are Vice President
Andrew Johnson. The Civil War had just ended and the president before you,
Abraham Lincoln, has just been
assassinated, or killed.
Now YOU are the President of the United States and YOU have to help plan the Reconstruction of the United States. You are the leader of the country, and the country needs
rebuilding and
healing from 4 years of bloody war and bitter fight about the issue of slavery. One million Americans have been killed or hurt in the war, families have been separated and jobs have been lost. The North is angry at the
Confederate states, but as the President you have to help them recover and rejoin the
Union.
What is your Reconstruction plan? Write at least 5 things you plan to do...