Reformers were shocked by President Andrew Johnson's quick reconstruction of ex-confederate states becausea. Johnson's harsh terms for reconstruction belied his earlier promises of leniency b. his reconstruction plan seemed to contradict earlier statements in which he claimed a willingness to destroy the southern planter aristocracy c. his civil rights legislation failed to follow through on his promise to grant the freedmen voting rightsd. Johnson's lenient terms for reconstruction belied his earlier states' rights stance

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