Question

One part of Radical Reconstruction involved actions by Congress to limit the power of the president, whom it saw as an enemy. Which of the following is NOT a political change that the U.S. Congress made to limit the president's powers between 1866 and 1868?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Congress wanted to provide Republican representatives with tools to effectively carry out the Reconstruction. One of the political changes that were enacted without direct participation of the Congress were the plan of the Freedmen´s Bureau.

This Bureau promoted strategies in order to help the just-freed slaves and to ensure their complete integration to civil society. The strategies were: building new schools and churchs for them, sending white free-men as volunteers to provide aid and education.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The Congress reduced the Supreme Court, eliminating each seat that became vacant to prevent Johnson from appointing any justices.