Why did conflict erupt between President Johnson and Congress after Lincoln's assassination? (1 point)

• Republicans disagreed with President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan.
• Southern conservatives enacted the black codes against Congress' wishes.
Neither Congress nor the President wanted a Joint Committee on Reconstruction to dictate the plan.
Southern Congressmen agreed with President Johnson's Radical Reconstruction
Plan.

1 answer

The correct answer is: Republicans disagreed with President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan.

After Lincoln's assassination, President Andrew Johnson's approach to Reconstruction was seen as too lenient towards the South, which led to significant conflict with the Republican-controlled Congress.