After rejecting Johnson's Reconstruction plan, what was the basis of Congress's program?
A) the social and moral regeneration of the South
B) the confiscation and redistribution of land
C) immediate enfranchisement of both the freedmen and ex-Confederates
D) guarantees for the rights of all citizens with the Fourteenth Amendment
E) granting pardons to members of the planter class who asked for them
Answer: D
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a. Madison be impeached b. the United States apologize to the British for starting the War of 1812 c. states have the right to secede whenever they wanted d. congressional representation be calculated on the basis of the number of white males living in a state
Which groups were most actively promoted by Wang Anshi?
What will be an ideal response?
The Settlement of 1867 succeeded in
a. pacifying the Czechs. b. granting Poles autonomy in Galicia. c. removing the Hapsburgs from control of Hungary. d. giving Hungary complete control over its internal affairs. e. reestablishing Austrian influence among German states after its defeat in the Seven Weeks' War.
Which of the following statements about voting in the years following Reconstruction is LEAST accurate?
a. White Democrats sometimes courted black voters and even nominated black candidates. b. White Democrats sometimes stuffed ballot boxes in order to defeat Republican majorities. c. Democratic state governments enacted laws which explicitly denied black men their right to vote on the basis of their race. d. Democratic state governments enacted laws which allowed the indirect disenfranchisement of black men without technically violating the Fifteenth Amendment.