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What role did President Andrew Johnson have during Reconstruction?

A. President Johnson rewrote the Presidential Reconstruction Plan to restore slavery in the United States.

B. President Johnson ignored both plans for Reconstruction and created his own plan.

C. President Johnson worked with the U.S. Congress to make readmission into the Union a very difficult process for the South.

D. President Johnson continued the work of Abraham Lincoln and enacted his Reconstruction plan.

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Answer: A. President Johnson rewrote the Presidential Reconstruction Plan to restore slavery in the United States.

Step-by-step explanation: As Union troops took control of areas of the South, Lincoln implemented this war-time measure to re-establish state governments. It was put forth in hopes that it would give incentive to shorten the war and strengthen his emancipation goals, since it promised to protect private property, not including slaves. At its core, the plan stated that when 10% of the 1860 voters from a state had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by emancipation, voters could then elect delegates to draft new state constitutions and establish state governments. Most Southerners, excepting high-ranking Confederate army officers and government officials, would be granted a full pardon. This plan would serve as a platform for whatever post-war reconstruction would be developed.

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I think it’s A because he did try to fix slavery in reconstruction
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