The period, in which the United States began to rebuild and unify the Union from 1865 to 1877, was known as Reconstruction. Much of the early work of it dealt with the legal questions of bringing the defeated states back into the Union. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, and also the members of Congress, each had different plans of how Reconstruction should be handled. Each plan was similar and different to each other. But most of …showed first 75 words of 847 total…

…showed last 75 words of 847 total…states as part of the union under certain circumstances, but Congress wanted it to be carried out more strictly and equally to the citizens of the states. In conclusion, Congress had the upper hand in the Reconstruction process. Confederate states were readmitted into the Union, but many problems still arose. Many question the success of the Congressional Reconstruction plan. All in all, the country was gradually brought back together in heading toward the twentieth century.