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Bot GPT 3.5 The original three plans to reconstruct Georgia after the Civil War were proposed by different factions within the federal government. These plans were known as the Lincoln Plan, the Johnson Plan, and the Congressional Reconstruction Plan.
1. Lincoln Plan: This plan, proposed by President Abraham Lincoln before his assassination, was relatively lenient towards the South. It required 10% of a state's voting population to take an oath of loyalty to the Union. Once this condition was met, the state could form a new government and draft a new constitution banning slavery. Georgia was one of the states that partially implemented this plan before Lincoln's assassination.
2. Johnson Plan: After Lincoln's death, his Vice President Andrew Johnson became president and proposed his own reconstruction plan. Johnson's plan was even more lenient than the Lincoln Plan and focused on restoring the pre-war social and political order. It required states to abolish slavery, disavow secession, and repudiate Confederate debts. Georgia fully implemented the Johnson Plan, leading to the election of a new state government in 1865.
3. Congressional Reconstruction Plan: Dissatisfied with the leniency of Johnson's plan, Republican members of Congress proposed a more radical plan in response. This plan, also known as the Radical Reconstruction Plan, aimed to protect the civil rights of newly freed African Americans and punish former Confederate leaders. It involved dividing the South into five military districts, each governed by a Union military officer. Georgia, along with other Confederate states, was placed under military rule until it complied with the plan's requirements, such as granting suffrage to African American men. Eventually, Georgia complied and ratified the 14th Amendment, allowing its reentry into the Union in 1870.