Amnesty Thoughts.

            Lincolns plan of Reconstruction was created with the best of intentions, to unite the North and South. This plan called for the post civil war southerners to receive amnesty. Granting the union amnesty in my opinion was the clever thing to do. I am a big believer in second chances and in doing no harm, which is the main reason i agree with the granted amnesty. The plan of Reconstruction could have gone very differently. They could have been cruel to the them and that would have only caused something bad to occur. In my opinion all Lincoln wanted was for the union to stay together, and i believe the amnesty granted was a benefit to that.