RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Congress firing the President.
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Buffalo soldiers moving out West.
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Congress voting to impeach President Johnson.
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President Johnson steps down from the presidency.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The primary charge against Johnson was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act . Specifically, that he had acted to remove from office Edwin Stanton and to replace him with Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas as secretary of war ad interim.
Detailed explanation-2: -Forty-two days later, he was president of the United States. The initial response to a Johnson presidency was optimistic. Even the so-called Radical Republicans, who would pursue impeachment proceedings three years later, supported the new president.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following the end of the Civil War, the Radical Republicans took a stance against Lincoln’s successor, President Andrew Johnson. They saw no effort in this new President’s policies to create rights for Blacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was the result of political conflict and the rupture of ideologies in the aftermath of the American Civil War. It arose from uncompromised beliefs and a contest for power in a nation struggling with reunification.
Detailed explanation-5: -As a result of the tension between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans, Congress voted to impeach President Johnson. Johnson declared he would stop vetoing bills.