President Johnson's Refusal to Allow Any Change in His Reconstruction

question 63

Multiple Choice

President Johnson's refusal to allow any change in his Reconstruction policies caused which of the following?

• A) The influence of the Radical Republican faction grew among conservative and moderate Republicans.
• B) Democrats in Congress were so angered that they began to vote with the Republican majority.
• C) Johnson's refusal established the precedent that policy decisions concerning a conquered territory were to be solely in the hands of the president.
• D) Johnson's refusal angered the former plantation elite of the South, who had hoped that Congress would enact a more lenient Reconstruction plan.

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