Historians Brenda Wineapple and Eric Foner discussed the legacy of the impeachment and acquittal of President Andrew Johnson on Reconstruction. Historians Brenda Wineapple and Eric Foner discussed ...

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 ...

the Reconstruction period failed to solidify the promise of African American equality, in part due to the poor leadership of President Andrew Johnson. The Midtown Scholar Bookstore and National ...

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 ...

On this day in 1868, President Andrew Johnson vetoed the Omnibus Southern ... with congressional Radical Republicans over the shape of Reconstruction policies throughout the South.

Why do you think Andrew Johnson was impeached ... to prevent him from firing Stanton and undoing the Reconstruction Laws. I don’t think Congress really thought he was going to break that ...

7. Andrew Johnson got chased out of a few towns. While beating the drum for his narrow view of reconstruction in 1866, Johnson went on a speaking tour from Washington to Pittsburgh. Scheduled for ...

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 ...

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 ...