Lincoln was striving to restore the Union instead of punishing the South after the Civil War occurred. He attempted to restore the peace in the North and South with the Radical congressional leaders, however he was murdered. Andrew Johnson had to deal with the Reconstruction of America after Lincoln was assassinated. This post-Civil War Reconstruction of the South was the real cause of the conflict bet
onstruction along. Lincoln was striving to restore the Union instead of punishing the South after the Civil War occurred. He attempted to restore the peace in the North and South with the Radical congressional leaders, however he was murdered. Andrew Johnson had to deal with the Reconstruction of America after Lincoln was assassinated. This post-Civil War Reconstruction of the South was the real cause of the conflict bet