After the conclusion of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln launched the idea of ​​“Reconstruction,” which would bring the Southern states back into the Union. President Lincoln, many Radical Republicans believed, was too kind to the South. The government was divided over how to resolve the issue of readmitting the Southern states into the Union. Beyond that, the government was unsure what rights to enumerate to newly emancipated slaves. These problems became more difficult to solve after President Lincoln's assassination. Lincoln's successor, Vice President Andrew Johnson, was a Democrat from Tennessee who lacked respect for the Republican Congress. The legislative and executive branches of the American government had a greater disparity in ideas about how to bring America back into one Union. Although there was a great disparity of ideas between the executive and legislative branches on how to successfully rebuild the nation, the nation eventually arrived at a solution that allowed it to form as one nation again. The first conflict with Reconstruction was how to bring the seceded states back into the Union. While many Republicans wanted to blame President Johnson for the delay in Reconstruction, there were problems and disagreements within the party before President Johnson was sworn in as president. Lincoln, at the conclusion of the Civil War, wanted it to be easy for the Confederate States to rejoin the Union. For example, Lincoln proposed that seceding states be granted the right to establish a state government if ten percent of state voters in the 1860 election took an oath of allegiance to the Union. Radical Republicans believed that Lincoln's plan was too delicate... midway through the Reconstruction Amendments, seven Southern states rejoined the Union by the summer of 1868. Reconstruction was successful because America once again it became a nation, and although there were moments of controversy between branches of government throughout the process, a new and better America emerged. Reconstruction consisted of conflicting visions for how to move forward, ranging from how to readmit the South into the Union and the role of the emancipated slaves in society. President Johnson had strong and bitter disagreements with Congress, and Congress did not respect President Johnson's leadership. Although there was much political bitterness within the government during this process, America became united again. America was rebuilt on a solid foundation that granted freedom to all, and the nation still stands firmly on that foundation today.