Reconstruction took place from 1865 to 1890. a. true b. false 12 Lincoln felt that the Confederate states had legally left the Union and should be treated as territories. a. true b. false 13 The Freedmen's Bureau aided all needy people in the South, and created schools and courts for blacks. a. true b. false 14 President Johnson tested the constitutionality of the Tenure of Office Act by removing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from office. a. true b. false