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 faced overwhelming opposition in the House and the Senate, and he stood in the way of a Reconstruction that would have done more to help former slaves. But he was still able ...

Professor Michael Ross explains the Reconstruction policies of President Andrew Johnson. Professor Michael Ross explains the Reconstruction policies of President Andrew Johnson. Javascript must be ...

Andrew Johnson’s ratings have plummeted like ... and his failed role in obstructing much of the GOP’s Reconstruction plans was a tough pill for historians to swallow. After becoming president ...

The precursor to violence in the early Reconstruction era was, of course, the Civil War itself and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Following Lincoln’s death, vice president Andrew Johnson ...

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 ...

It highlights the political conflict between President Andrew Johnson's conservative approach to Reconstruction and the radical Republicans in Congress who sought to enforce civil rights and ...

As Douglass was writing, two visions of Reconstruction vied for national dominance in the fall elections. President Andrew Johnson, a Democrat from Tennessee, favored a policy of a lenient ...

Andrew Johnson faced overwhelming opposition in the House and the Senate, and he stood in the way of a Reconstruction that would have done more to help former slaves. But he was still able ...