How does power get passed down in autocracy?

How would lincoln's assassination change the direction of reconstruction? the radicals used this opportunity to take control of the plans. the south refused to cooperate with any plans after lincoln his death would put an end to all reconstruction plans. lincoln was too weak to carry out his plan and now it could be carried out.

Where did benjamin franklin travel to to seek aid for the colonists during the revolutionary war

What event caused germany’s economy to fail?