Reconstruction

Wanted to abolish slavery

• Lincoln

• Johnson

• Congress

• Southern states

Wanted to bring the Civil War to an end

• Lincoln and Southern states

• Congress and Lincoln

• African Americans and Lincoln

• Jackson and Lincoln

Wanted to humiliate wealthy southerners

• Lincoln

• Congress

• African Americans

• Johnson

Wanted to preserve the Union

• Lincoln

• Congress

• African Americans

• Southern states

Wanted to make sure the Civil War hadn't been fought unnecessarily; made sure Africans were free

• Lincoln

• Southern states

• Congress

• Jackson

Wanted to rebuild towns and communities

• Lincoln

• African Americans

• Southern states

• Congress

Set up churches and their own communities

• Lincoln

• African Americans

• Jackson

• Southern states

Wanted full citizenship (right to vote, education, etc.)

• African Americans

• Congress

• Southern states

• Jackson

Wanted to keep the newly freed African Americans free

• Congress

• Lincoln

• Jackson

• Southern states

Wanted to be seen as powerful

• Lincoln

• Congress

• Johnson

• African Americans