President Johnson's Refusal to Allow Any Change in His Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

President Johnson's refusal to allow any change in his Reconstruction policies caused which of the following?

A) The influence of the Radical Republican faction grew among conservative and moderate Republicans.
B) Democrats in Congress were so angered that they began to vote with the Republican majority.
C) Johnson's refusal established the precedent that policy decisions concerning a conquered territory were to be solely in the hands of the president.
D) Johnson's refusal angered the former plantation elite of the South, who had hoped that Congress would enact a more lenient Reconstruction plan.