Question

what did andrew johnson do with the land of plantation owners seized during the civil war?
a. the first national parks were established on the seized property.
b. he returned it to the original owners.
c. he ordered it disbursed among the formerly enslaved people.
d. the federal government retained control of most of the land.
e. he suggested that communes be started so that all southerners had access to the land.

Explanation:

Andrew Johnson, who became president after the Civil War, pursued lenient Reconstruction policies toward the South. He reversed the wartime policy of redistributing seized plantation land to formerly enslaved people and instead returned the land to its original Confederate-era owners.

Answer:

b. He returned it to the original owners.