Opinion of Reconstruction

[Never]

Massive Freedom Policy, although it would have gone much better and smoother if Lincoln hadn't been assassinated.

Yes, Lincoln could have smoothed over many of the issues of Reconstruction. For one, since he would have been in a stronger position with the Radical Republicans than Johnson, Lincoln probably would have been able to make Reconstruction policy more accommodating to the Upper South, enabling him to put more focus on the Deep South, where the Confederacy was strongest to begin with.