Since late 1863, President Abraham Lincoln had already made plans for the Reconstruction and getting the South back into the Union. With the South in disarray and tensions growing against the North, Lincoln knew how to handle the situation. However before the war even ended, in 1865 he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a loyal Southerner. With the South in cheers for his death, they fail to realize that he was their only hope for a …showed first 75 words of 432 total…

…showed last 75 words of 432 total…not have the thought of impeaching Lincoln. The Republicans were the one who chose him, they wouldn't take the risk to take him out. Lincoln did so well during the war, they know they'll be losing a great politician. In fact the Radicals wanted to keep their Republican power in the North and South. Lincoln was the only man they know who could keep it together leaving both sides satisfied with little or any tension.