Question
According to Green, the Freedmen's Bureau did not redistribute lands confiscated from rebellious Confederate plantation owners, and Sherman's Field Order # 15 was rescinded because;
A.Pres. Andrew Johnson ordered all confiscated land returned to their original owners
B.Poor White Southerners who never owned Enslaved People wanted land too
C.Confiscated lands were going to be granted to Native Americans for 'reservations'
D.Pres. Lincoln feared these policies would anger the Border States and they would secede too
A.Pres. Andrew Johnson ordered all confiscated land returned to their original owners
B.Poor White Southerners who never owned Enslaved People wanted land too
C.Confiscated lands were going to be granted to Native Americans for 'reservations'
D.Pres. Lincoln feared these policies would anger the Border States and they would secede too
Answers
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The correct answer is:
A. Pres. Andrew Johnson ordered all confiscated land returned to their original owners.
After the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln, reversed many of the policies that aimed to redistribute land to freed slaves, including the rescinding of Sherman’s Field Order #15, which had allocated land to freedmen. Johnson advocated for the return of confiscated lands to former Confederate owners.
A. Pres. Andrew Johnson ordered all confiscated land returned to their original owners.
After the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln, reversed many of the policies that aimed to redistribute land to freed slaves, including the rescinding of Sherman’s Field Order #15, which had allocated land to freedmen. Johnson advocated for the return of confiscated lands to former Confederate owners.