What did President Johnson do after Mississippi's rejection of legislation that outlawed slavery and South Carolina's refusal to renounce secession?
A. He refused to intervene.
B. He denied the states' new constitutions.
C. He refused to pardon planters and Confederate officials.
D. He sent the military into Mississippi and South Carolina.
Ans: A. He refused to intervene.
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