RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Chosen by President Abraham Lincoln to be Vice President for his Second Term in office, and after Lincoln’s assassination he became the President of the United States
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Samuel Tilden
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Ulysses S Grant
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Andrew Johnson
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Republican Ulysses S. Grant succeeded Johnson as president.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Lincoln’s death, President Johnson proceeded to reconstruct the former Confederate States while Congress was not in session in 1865. He pardoned all who would take an oath of allegiance, but required leaders and men of wealth to obtain special Presidential pardons.
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