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So, what would happen if President Lincoln is not assassinated following the end of the Civil War?

From what I recall, Johnson based his reconstruction plans on the plans Lincoln had drawn up during the war and that were offered to the South if they would end the war early.
Since they didn't I've read somewhere that there is speculation that Lincoln would have issued a harsher reconstruction period on the South. Does anybody know if that is true or not?

Is there any chance that new states will be created instead of merely reinstating the old ones? Also, any way to enforce racial equality and prevent the KKK and Jim Crow?
Maybe encouraging northern settlers to move to the "southern territories" and also preventing those who'd fought for the Confederacy from voting or being elected to office?
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