What were the strengths and weaknesses of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

One major
disadvantage of Lincoln's plan was its leniency. Lincoln wanted to allow the former states of
the Confederacy back into the Union with only ten percent of the eligible voters swearing
loyalty to the Union. He also did not insist on black suffrage. While Lincoln did insist on a
slavery ban, he was not as progressive on civil rights as many abolitionists hoped. Lincoln's
plan was to bring the South back into the Union with as little turmoil as possible; he did not
viewas a vehicle for social change. Lincoln's plan also did not realize the animosity that many
in the North felt toward the Southern leadership, as there were cries from the Radical
Republicans that certain Southern leaders should hang for their crimes. Lincoln's plan was not
as stringent as the Wade-Davis Bill that eventually passed; this bill called for fifty percent
of the eligible voters in a state to swear loyalty to the Union and required black
suffrage.

The major disadvantage also turned out to be...