Jenny Zhi 1st Hour 12/4/14 RECONSTRUCTION What were conditions like in the South after the Civil War? All infrastructure was destroyed, including buildings, roads, and bridges. What was President Lincoln?s premise about the South in relation to the rest of the country? He believed that the south had never seceded, and had always been a part of the Union, so it shouldn?t be punished. State all the specifics of Lincoln?s Plan of Reconstruction. Once ten percent of the people in a southern state took the oath of allegiance to the Union and created a government abolishing slavery, Lincoln would recognize that government. What was the Wade-Davis Bill? What was Lincoln?s reaction?