President Lincoln wanted to hang on to the defeated Southern states.

林肯总统想保住战败的南方各州。

Johnson, not Lincoln, would decide if reconstruction would be easy or hard. Johnson would choose if the North would punish the defeated rebel states or be merciful to them.

约翰逊，而不是林肯，将决定重建工作是否容易还是困难。约翰逊会选择北方是惩罚被击败的叛变州还是仁慈处置他们。