RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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He had been involved in a corrupt railroad scandal.
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He opposed many of their ideas about Reconstruction.
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He used fraud to win the election.
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He had fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson vetoed legislation that Congress passed to protect the rights of those who had been freed from slavery. This clash culminated in the House of Representatives voting, on February 24, 1868, to impeach the president.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -They saw no effort in this new President’s policies to create rights for Blacks. President Johnson would prove to be an opponent to the Radicals as they realized that he cared little about Black rights. In 1866, the tide turned in favor of the Radicals as they gained the majority of power in Congress.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was the major reason the Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan? The plan granted too many rights to formerly enslaved persons.
Detailed explanation-5: -Why did the radicals want to impeach Andrew Johnson? because he vetoed many of the bills that they were trying to pass which were to help reconstruct the states to get them back onto their feet. They were ultimately unsuccessful while trying to impeach the President by one vote.