Challenges: Andrew Johnson had to navigate the reunification and reconstruction of the Union while addressing issues such as African-American civil rights. He failed badly, to the extent that his ...

Southern Democrat Andrew Johnson, becomes president. May: President Johnson announces his plan of Presidential Reconstruction. It calls for general amnesty and restoration of property -- except ...

In frequent speeches and interviews, Johnson publicly expressed his defiance of the Radical Republicans. They knew that their program for reconstruction of the South could not succeed with Andrew ...

Andrew Johnson, the 17th U.S. president ... Johnson witnessed his downfall due to his approach to Reconstruction and his frequent clashes with Congress. He also openly opposed the 14th Amendment ...

Andrew Johnson grew up poor in Raleigh ... 1865—three hours after Lincoln’s death. Johnson’s Reconstruction policies for the South did not include assurance of rights for newly-freed ...