Question

Why did President Johnson deviate from his original plan of punishing Southern aristocrats by making it difficult for states to reenter the Union?

Answer 1

a: Johnson lost interest in the issue of Reconstruction upon Lincoln's assassination.

b Johnson became more interested in the passage of the Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments.

c Johnson believed that the Union was paramount and the South should be represented.

d Johnson did not believe Southern landowners had done anything wrong leading up to the war.

e Johnson wanted to show his authority by passing the Civil Rights Bill of 1866, and needed the South to do it.

Answer 2

E.