The excerpt below is from 1866:

"A system for the support of indigent persons in the United States was never contemplated by the authors of the Constitution."

Source: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1940

President Johnson used the quote above to support vetoing which of the following?

the Black Codes

the Fourteenth Amendment

the Civil Rights Bill

the Freedmen's Bureau Act

Question

The excerpt below is from 1866: 

"A system for the support of indigent persons in the United States was never contemplated by the authors of the Constitution." 

Source: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1940 

President Johnson used the quote above to support vetoing which of the following?

 the Black Codes

 the Fourteenth Amendment

 the Civil Rights Bill

 the Freedmen's Bureau Act

anonymous · Answer

Sounds like the answer is D. [the Freedmen's Bureau Act] :) http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1940