Which of the following was more important to congress’s plan for reconstruction than to president johnson’s plan?
a. denying southern representatives and senators their seats
b. pardoning confederates who swore loyalty to the union
c. establishing new state governments in the south
d. limiting citizenship rights for african americans

The correct option is A

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson adopted moderate positions to return the South to the Union as quickly as possible, while Radical Republicans in Congress sought stronger measures to improve the rights of African-Americans, including the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The United States, while reducing the rights of former confederates, such as through the provisions of the Wade-Davis bill, Johnson, a former Tennessee senator and former slave owner, followed an indulgent policy toward ex-Confederates .