Question

How did President Johnson handle land that had been abandoned in the South during the Civil War?

Answer 1

A. He returned it to white landowners.

Answer 2

President Johnson handled land that had been abandoned in the South during the Civil War by returning it to white landowners. Option A is correct,

President Andrew Johnson ordered all land under federal control to be returned to its previous owners in the summer of 1865, as one of the first acts of Reconstruction.

Andrew Johnson served as the 17th U.S. president, assuming office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.