Question

Which statement best describes President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction?

Answer 1

A. Johnson’s plan pardoned most Southern whites and did not protect the rights of freed African Americans.

Johnson and the radical Republicans had very different agendas.  Johnson took a more lenient approach to the Reconstruction process.  He favored the view that states' rights should play a large role in how government was handled, and he opposed efforts like the Freedmen's Bureau to provide aid and defense of rights to the freed slaves of the South.