"All laws... heretofore passed by said pretended State governments... are hereby declared null and void." — Reconstruction Act, 1867
Congress imposed the system shown primarily because:
- A
The Supreme Court ordered military rule in the South
- Bcheck_circle
Presidential Reconstruction under Johnson allowed former Confederates to regain power and pass Black Codes
- C
Northern voters demanded a peace treaty with the Confederacy
- D
Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan had succeeded in protecting freedmen
Explanation
Radical Republicans rejected Johnson's lenient Reconstruction after Southern legislatures passed Black Codes restricting freedpeople; the 1867 Reconstruction Acts placed the South under military authority and required new conditions for readmission.