Question

Did congress or the president have more authority with setting policy during reconstruction in the south?

Answer 1

This article has your answer.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASreconstruction.htm

Answer 2

I take it that Congress had more authority. My reasoning was due to the Manifesto of the Wade-Davis plan. I thought this asserted all the authority to Congress because they we're so enraged by Lincoln's veto of the Wade-Davis plan. Consequently Lincoln was nearly removed from office

Answer 3

Yes, Congress had more authority. It quickly passed the Reconstruction Act over the president's veto.

As for Lincoln -- Reconstruction didn't really start until after the Civil War and after Lincoln had been killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States