What was President Johnson's position regarding the political rights of African Americans after the Civil War?

He strongly opposed federal efforts to grant them equal rights.

He believed they should immediately be granted the right to vote.

He left the decision entirely up to military governors in the South.

He proposed a plan for a gradual extension of rights over 20 years.

Following the assassination of President Lincoln, how did Andrew Johnson's plan for reunification change the course of Reconstruction?

It established a much stricter set of requirements for Southern states to rejoin the Union.

It introduced a lenient policy that allowed Southern states to rejoin the nation quickly.

It focused primarily on providing economic aid to formerly enslaved people in the South.

It divided the South into military districts controlled by the federal government.

It required them to give voting rights to all men before rejoining.

It allowed them to form new governments and rejoin quickly with few conditions.

It forced them to pay large sums to the federal government for war damages.

It placed them under military rule for a minimum of ten years.

The power of the federal government over the states was greatly expanded.

Formerly enslaved people were given land by the new state governments.

New Southern governments were able to pass laws that limited the freedom of African Americans.

Radical Republicans in Congress praised his effective and swift approach to reunification.