Plz me i need weth these what was one reason that the radical republicans in congress opposed president andrew johnson’s reconstruction plan? a.it did not require the southern states to grant voting rights to former slaves. b.it favored the wealthy plantation owners from the south. c.it proposed harsh conditions that would anger the south. d.it readily granted amnesty to confederate military leaders. e.it did not provide housing and food to poor white southerners.

The correct answer is A) it did not require the Southern States to grant voting rights to former slaves.

One of the reasons that the Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan was that it did not require the Southern States to grant voting rights to former slaves.

In his reconstruction plan of 1865, President Johnson thought that the south needed to have the liberty to decide how to transition to slavery to freedom. He did not offer any political position to African Americans in the southern states. President Johnson granted pardon to southern white people, except for the rich people and Confederate leaders. Johnson did not demand the Southern States to grant voting rights to former slaves, and all of these decisions angered radical Republicans in Congress.