After rejecting Johnson's Reconstruction plan,what was the basis of Congress's program?
A) social and moral regeneration of the South
B) confiscation and redistribution of plantations
C) enfranchisement of both the freedmen and ex-Confederates
D) guarantees for the rights of all citizens with the Fourteenth Amendment
E) pardons for members of the planter class who asked for them

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Congress's program was based on guaranteeing the rights of all citizens through the Fourteenth Amendment, which aimed to grant citizenship and equal protection under the law to all individuals born or naturalized in the United States. This included both freedmen and former Confederates, although it did not provide suffrage for former Confederates who had held office or engaged in insurrection against the Union. The focus was on establishing legal protections for all citizens rather than punitive measures against the former Confederate states or redistribution of land.

After Rejecting Johnson's Reconstruction Plan,what Was the Basis of Congress's