Reconstuction Thing

After the Civil War was over America was left with several problems to deal with. On April 14, 1865 President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson succeeded Lincoln as president. He was not as good a leader as Lincoln and he soon ran into trouble with congress. Lincoln's plan was to reintegrate the south into the union peacefully. However congress wanted to punish the south for their actions. This conflict continued after Johnson took over. Eventually the congress had to recognize the power of the president.
Some of these conflicts could have been handled better. Lincolns assassination could have been prevented if he had better protection. The north should have expected some sort of problems from the south. As for the conflicts between Lincoln and congress they should have been unified. Their disagreements made it so that they contradicted each other. They delayed each others action and achieved little. Their eventual agreements let them make progress. If these issues had been dealt with then reconstruction would have proceeded smoothly.