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

Answer 1

Never mind. Answer is in the question. :P It's D

Answer 2

Johnson is incredibly famous for that speech :P It's really interesting when you read into it.