How Did President Andrew Johnson Prevent Freed African Americans from Becoming

question 30

Multiple Choice

How did President Andrew Johnson prevent freed African Americans from becoming self-sufficient farmers?

• A) Johnson ordered the head of the Freedmen's Bureau to evict thousands of former slaves who had settled on confiscated or abandoned land in the South.
• B) Freedmen were restricted under Johnson's executive orders to owning no more than 40 acres of land.
• C) Johnson vetoed the bill that was meant to enlarge the Freedmen's Bureau and would let this agency assist former slaves in obtaining free or inexpensive land.
• D) Johnson signed congressional legislation that made it illegal for freedmen to own land.