Presidential And Radical Reconstruction 222

As a result of the tension between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans, Congress voted to impeach President Johnson. Johnson declared he would stop vetoing bills. Johnson chose to support Radical Reconstruction. Congress refused to appoint Edwin Stanton.

Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867 to change the approval process for appointees. restrict President Johnson's powers. extend greater rights to African Americans. limit the power of Southern politicians.

Which statement best describes the Fourteenth Amendment? It granted citizenship to all individuals living in the United States. It enfranchised all male citizens and gave them the right to vote. It prevented states from denying citizens equal protection under the law. It allowed states to seize citizens' property without due process of the law.

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to the property that African Americans were allowed to rent or own. people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work. the role of the planter aristocracy in Southern state legislatures. voter registration rights for newly freed African Americans in the South.

Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction because they thought it was too moderate. conservative. extreme. unpopular.

Which statement best describes the Wade-Davis Bill? The bill was passed in Congress and quickly approved by President Lincoln. The bill required a greater show of loyalty for readmittance than Lincoln's plan. The bill required states to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment to be readmitted. The bill was proposed by supporters of Johnson's plan for Reconstruction.

Under President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, how could states be readmitted to the Union? Twenty percent of a state's white males had to swear loyalty. States had to disenfranchise all former Confederate soldiers. State conventions had to establish new governments. States had to ratify all three Reconstruction amendments.

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 accomplish? The act divided the South into five military districts. The act set a punishment for certain social behaviors. The act granted citizenship to anyone born in the US. The act limited the employment of African Americans.

Which law established martial law in the South after the Civil War? the vagrancy laws the Tenure of Office Act the Civil Rights Act of 1866 the Reconstruction Act of 1867

President Johnson announced that the Union was restored in April 1865. December 1865. July 1868. February 1870.