During the debate over Reconstruction plans, one leader voiced this opinion: Southern institutions "must be broken up and relaid, or all our blood and treasure have been spent in vain." Who most likely expressed this opinion? A Abraham Lincoln B a Radical Republican C Andrew Johnson D a former Confederate leader

B a Radical Republican

Explanation:

A Radical Republican by the name of Thaddeus Stevens expressed this opinion. The expression is from one of the two letters written by him and they were meant for president Andrew Johnson. It was based on how to handle the re-introduction of secessionist states to the Union. Steven had felt that Johnson was going about Reconstruction the wrong way. Stevens, like most of those in the congress had felt that Reconstruction should be handled by the legislative rather by the executive. Stevens had asked the president to stop his actions towards Reconstruction until the congress acts.