"Members [Of Congress] Joined in the Shouting and Kept It

question 96

Multiple Choice

"Members [of Congress] joined in the shouting and kept it up for some minutes. Some embraced one another, others wept like children. I have felt ever since the vote, as if I were in a new country." This statement was made in response to

• A) the impeachment of President Johnson.
• B) creation of the Freedmen's Bureau.
• C) passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
• D) approval of the proposed Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.