<P> President Lincoln was the leader of the moderate Republicans and wanted to speed up Reconstruction and reunite the nation painlessly and quickly . Lincoln formally began Reconstruction in late 1863 with his Ten percent plan , which went into operation in several states but which Radical Republicans opposed . Lincoln pocket vetoed the Radical plan , the Wade -- Davis Bill of 1864 , which was much more strict than the Ten - Percent Plan . </P>
<P> President Lincoln was the leader of the moderate Republicans and wanted to speed up Reconstruction and reunite the nation painlessly and quickly . Lincoln formally began Reconstruction in late 1863 with his Ten percent plan , which went into operation in several states but which Radical Republicans opposed . Lincoln pocket vetoed the Radical plan , the Wade -- Davis Bill of 1864 , which was much more strict than the Ten - Percent Plan . </P>
who established the first reconstruction plan after the civil war
who established the first reconstruction plan after the civil war
President Lincoln
President Lincoln