Question

By passing the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, what did Congress hope to do to Johnson’s Reconstruction plans?
A. strengthen them
B. enforce them
C. reverse them
D. expand them

Answer 1

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By passing the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, what did Congress hope to do to Johnson’s Reconstruction plans?

B. enforce them

Answer 2

expand them...

The constitutions also had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which granted African Americans equal protection under the law. In effect, the Congress rejected Johnson's plan for Reconstruction and implemented a much harsher policy toward white Southerners.