Why was President Lincoln unable to persuade Congress to accept his Reconstruction plan?
President Lincoln’s plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.
Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.
Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.
President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.
President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.
According to the ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case, why was segregation acceptable?
Segregation was legal because African Americans were not citizens.
Segregation was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.
Segregation was acceptable in private facilities only.
Segregation was acceptable on a state by state basis.
Segregation was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.
Feature
“When Andrew Johnson took upon himself the duties of his high office he swore to obey the Constitution and take care that the laws be faithfully executed. That, indeed, is and has always been the chief duty of the President of the United States. The duties of legislation and adjudicating [making a judgment on] the laws of his country fall in no way to his lot. To obey the commands of sovereign power of the nation, and to see that others should obey them, was his whole duty—a duty which he could not escape, and any attempt to do so would be in direct violation of his official oath…”
—Thaddeus Stevens, Closing Remarks in the Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson, 1868
Question
Use the quotation to answer the following question:
According to the quotation, why does Stevens believe that Johnson should be removed from office?
(4 points)
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