In Congressional debates concerning Reconstruction of the former Confederate states, Thaddeus Stevens argued that __________________.
A. freedmen should not be extended the right to vote
B. Southern property should be confiscated and used to give freedmen homesteads and a chance at economic independence
C. all freedmen should be given forty acres from confiscated Southern land
D. the Fourteenth Amendment should extend the right to vote to women as well as to African Americans
Answer: B
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A) remain in the Union B) join the states of the Deep South in secession C) emancipate their slaves D) declare themselves neutral