Question

How did the Congressional Reconstruction plan better protect the rights of African Americans than other plans? Group of answer choices .A) It authorized the government to try Ku Klux Klan members in federal courts. B) It required Southern states to distribute land formerly used for plantations to freedmen. C) It required Southern states to adopt new constitutions to protect African Americans' civil rights. D)

It repealed the Tariff of Abominations in order to provide African Americans greater economic opportunities.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) it required Southern states to adopt new constitutions to protect African Americans' civil rights.

The Congressional Reconstruction plan better protected the rights of African Americans than other plans in that it required Southern states to adopt new constitutions to protect African Americans' civil rights.

When President Abraham Lincoln announced the Reconstruction plan for the Southern States, it was rejected by Radical Republicans in Congress. These Republicans wanted the Southern States to be severely punished for what they did in the Civil War. They also wanted to establish a plan that required Southern states to adopt new constitutions to protect African Americans' civil rights. President Lincoln had given leeway to Southern states to do Reconstruction at their own pace and circumstances.