Which political figure fought to restrict African American rights during Reconstruction?

A. Ulysses S. Grant

B. Thaddeus Stevens

C. Charles Sumner

D. Andrew Johnson

D. Andrew Johnson

Explanation:

In April 1865, as the war drew to a close, Lincoln shocked many by proposing limited suffrage for African Americans in the South. He was assassinated days later, however, and his successor Andrew Johnson would be the one to preside over the beginning of Reconstruction