After emancipation, many formerly enslaved people built farms on abandoned land. What did President Johnson do with this land during Reconstruction?

President Andrew Johnson reversed the land policy that had allowed some formerly enslaved people to settle on abandoned or confiscated land. He restored much of that property to its former Confederate owners, forcing many Black families off the farms they had begun working. So the correct choice is D, Johnson returned the land to its former owners.

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