RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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He was less radical in his plans for Reconstruction than the Republicans in Congress
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He was uninvolved in the process of passing the Reconstruction Acts
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He fully supported the Reconstruction Acts
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson vetoed legislation that Congress passed to protect the rights of those who had been freed from slavery. This clash culminated in the House of Representatives voting, on February 24, 1868, to impeach the president.
Detailed explanation-2: -Johnson’s plan allowed southern states to organize new government and elect representatives to Congress if they abolished slavery and ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, but the Radicals’ wanted every state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and forced military rule to those who didn’t.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 provided the avenue proposed by the Republican-led Congress for Southern states to rejoin the Union and was much stricter than that proposed by Johnson. This act would effectively place Southern states under military rule.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Radical Republicans’ most important measures were contained in the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 and 1868, which placed the Southern states under military government and required universal manhood suffrage. Despite the Radical program, however, white control over Southern state governments was gradually restored.