During Reconstruction there was great debate over whether the South should be granted amnesty. What are your thoughts?

Should the South be given amnesty? Well that is a both yes and no answer to that question. The majority is yes because even though seceding is ,well, bad. Giving amnesty is the only way the Union can get back on track. Because without this there might have been a lot more of a recovery time and as well as a bit of segrigation between the top and south even more then there was at the time if amnesty was not given. However because the South was given amnesty it pissed a lot of people from the south and north however much it was needed. With them not given amnesty, they basically would be punished, much like the context of a parent looking down on a child because of something bad he did, however, it is not as bad as killing as much as it did in the Civil War. Should the south be given amnesty? Yes i do believe they should who knows what might have happoned if it didn't!