Why did president johnson deviate from his original plan of punishing southern aristocrats by making it difficult for states to reenter the union?
a ) johnson lost interest in the issue of reconstruction upon lincoln's assassination.
b ) johnson became more interested in the passage of the thirteenth through fifteenth amendments.
c ) johnson believed that the union was paramount and the southshould be represented.
d ) johnson did not believe southern landowners had done anything wrong leading up to the war.
e ) johnson wanted to show his authority by passing the civil rights bill of 1866, and needed the south to do it.