Question: President Johnson’s Pardon of 1865 benefited:
Options:
African Americans.
Radical Republicans.
White Southerners.
Lincoln’s supporters.
The correct answer is: White Southerns.
Explanation: The Confederate States of America involved 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860. It was Led by Jefferson Davis and after going through a crushing defeat in the Civil War, the Confederate States of America ended their existence as such and became once again, part of the US. In the aftermath of the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson issued pardons in 1865 to all Confederate soldiers who fought in that conflict. This of course benefited the white Southerners involved in the Civil War and in the existence of the Confederate States of America (The rebellion,) with the object of erasing the existing rebellion, invite everyone to return to their loyalty, and restore the authority of the United States.