Chapter 162. Reflections on Presidential Reconstruction, Chapter 16

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Correct. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that President Andrew Johnson of Tennessee created and pursued a plan for Reconstruction in the summer and fall of 1865 that offered generous terms to former Confederates, restricted African Americans’ rights, and brought an influx of southern Democrats into the U.S. Congress, provoking major resistance from radical Republicans.

Incorrect. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that President Andrew Johnson of Tennessee created and pursued a plan for Reconstruction in the summer and fall of 1865 that offered generous terms to former Confederates, restricted African Americans’ rights, and brought an influx of southern Democrats into the U.S. Congress, provoking major resistance from radical Republicans.

Correct. The answer is a. The author cites several factors that influenced Johnson’s lenient approach to Reconstruction in 1865, one of them being his stance as a defender of states’ rights. He made it easy for the former Confederate states to rejoin the Union and, once they did so, allowed them to write their own constitutions and laws, which generally restored white supremacy and compulsory labor for African Americans.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author cites several factors that influenced Johnson’s lenient approach to Reconstruction in 1865, one of them being his stance as a defender of states’ rights. He made it easy for the former Confederate states to rejoin the Union and, once they did so, allowed them to write their own constitutions and laws, which generally restored white supremacy and compulsory labor for African Americans.

Correct. The answer is c. To support his suggestion that Andrew Johnson “achieved political reunification at the cost of black freedom” in 1865, the author describes the president’s policies that returned all confiscated land to pardoned ex-Confederates, weakened the Freedmen’s Bureau, and accepted the passage of the racist and restrictive black codes throughout the South.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The answer is c. To support his suggestion that Andrew Johnson “achieved political reunification at the cost of black freedom” in 1865, the author describes the president’s policies that returned all confiscated land to pardoned ex-Confederates, weakened the Freedmen’s Bureau, and accepted the passage of the racist and restrictive black codes throughout the South.

Correct. The answer is a. According to the author, Johnson refused to intervene in the South even after the newly readmitted states refused to conform to his demands because he realized it would be politically advantageous to do so. He sought political allies, and recognized that, if he acquiesced to Southerners’ actions, he could win useful friends and supporters.

Incorrect. The answer is a. According to the author, Johnson refused to intervene in the South even after the newly readmitted states refused to conform to his demands because he realized it would be politically advantageous to do so. He sought political allies, and recognized that, if he acquiesced to Southerners’ actions, he could win useful friends and supporters.

Correct. The answer is b. To substantiate his claim that Southerners “blundered monumentally” when they assumed that they could send former Confederates to represent them in Washington, D.C., the author cites Congressional Republicans’ refusal to seat the newly elected Southerners during the 1866 session.

Incorrect. The answer is b. To substantiate his claim that Southerners “blundered monumentally” when they assumed that they could send former Confederates to represent them in Washington, D.C., the author cites Congressional Republicans’ refusal to seat the newly elected Southerners during the 1866 session.

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