Reconstruction

I never understood how much turmoil between the North and South still existed after the Civil War, or what a horrible president Johnson seemed to make. It is annoying to read how President Johnson was stuck in his ways; completely ignorant to other's opinions. I wonder if the reconstruction period would have been smoother if President Lincoln was still in control. Although it was interesting to find out from all the readings that President Lincoln was not the hero he was made out to be. I never knew that Lincoln's only reason for freeing the slaves was because he thought it would reunite the North and South; otherwise he would not have done it.