When President Johnson vetoed a law that would extend the Freedmen’s Bureau, Congress reacted by A) supporting the veto and closing the Freedmen’s Bureau. B) writing a new law to show support for the Black Codes. C) overriding the veto and expanding the agency’s powers. D) drafting a law to prevent African Americans from voting.
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C) overriding the veto and expanding the agency’s powers
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President Johnson vetoed a law that would extend the Freedmen’s Bureau, Congress reacted by overriding the veto and expanding the agency’s powers.
Explanation:
- Congress did override johnson's veto of the freedmen's bureau, helping it last until the early 1870s.
- Congress passed the civil rights bill in march 1866.
- Johnson vetoed the civil rights bill, which prompted most republicans to believe there was no chance of future cooperation with him.
- Johnson was opposed to the use of the military during peacetime.
- Johnson felt the bill was a federal encroachment into state matters.
- Johnson did not feel that congress should be making these decisions for unrepresented states.
- That failed 1866 freedmen's bureau bill was closely related to the civil rights act of 1866.
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