Match the two phrases to create a sentence that shows the cause-effect relationship of events during Reconstruction.

Question

President Johnson stated that he vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Bill because
Republicans proposed the 14th Amendment because
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act because
One reason that the Republican Congress disapproved of President Johnson's Reconstruction plan was because
A) they feared that once Southern representatives were in Congress they would overturn the Civil Rights Act.
B) Congress did not yet have the representatives from all the former Confederate States.
C) It gave African Americans rights that were denied by states' black codes.
D) it did not prevent the South from treating freed people unfairly.

Answer 1

Here are the matched phrases to create sentences that reflect the cause-effect relationships during Reconstruction:

1. President Johnson stated that he vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Bill because
   D) it did not prevent the South from treating freed people unfairly.

2. Republicans proposed the 14th Amendment because
   C) It gave African Americans rights that were denied by states' black codes.

3. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act because
   A) they feared that once Southern representatives were in Congress they would overturn the Civil Rights Act.

4. One reason that the Republican Congress disapproved of President Johnson's Reconstruction plan was because
   B) Congress did not yet have the representatives from all the former Confederate States.