The executive branch had the authority over the reconstruction because the Southern states had never left the union.
The Ten percent plan was the Lincoln's plan for reconstruction. He hoped it would be fair for the Southern states. The plan required that former confederates take an oath of all allegiance to union and accept the end of slavery.
Though Radical Republicans opposed the Lincoln's plan saying it did not ensure equal rights to the freed slaves.
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