Andrew Johnson

votes would be cast. Our goal was to support leaders who were in favor of the Freedmen’s Bureau, along with the other abolitionist legislation, and those who opposed the black codes, which restricted the rights of free blacks. Andrew Johnson: We voted against Andrew Johnson. Though he held much political power, we felt that his view would lead to complications later in his service, along with…

history of the United States from Reconstruction to the 1920 was completely outrageous. After the Civil War ended, 1863, and as President Abraham Lincoln took the responsibility to restore the south he was assassinated. Andrew Johnson took over and the animosity between Andrew Johnson and Congress guarantee that the Reconstruction as President Lincoln could have said, would be unsuccessful. The election of 1876 left the Southern, United States worst than it was before leaving the nation…

Most bullets, while life changing, only directly impact a select few. Yet one would alter the fate of a country whose values were already being tested. Thousands shed their blood for two different visions of a better tomorrow, and just when the clouds had began to subside, bringing on a single shining ray, one more would suffer the transition between life and death. Despite this, his duties were not yet done, and there is still a wrenching hole that his works could have saved. For the parishes…

John Wilkes Booth was a noted actor and Confederate sympathizer. He had planned initially to kidnap President Lincoln, hoping to exchange him for Confederate prisoners. Plans were made among a small group of conspirators to carry out the kidnapping in March 1865, on a day when Lincoln was scheduled to attend a function at a Washington hospital. At the last moment, the president’s plans were changed and Booth’s plot was neutralized. On April 11, two days after Lee`s surrender, Lincoln spoke to a…

assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Leading to a new predecessor who would have to take over the lead to joining the two into one union. The next president was Andrew Johnson who was from the south and now wanted to be even lenient towards the South. Again following to much of what Abraham Lincoln had intended because of this Andrew Johnson found himself facing impeachment from a disagreeing house. This was an unexpected consequence for the president. Much of the Reconstruction lead to…

person in the United States has heard about Abraham Lincoln and his presidency. Most young children know him due to his famous hat, and President Lincoln has a vast history that is worthy of telling. The artifact that was chosen, which is the Lincoln-Johnson Civil War Period Campaign Flag has an extensive history, and background information will be presented about the two candidates along with an explanation of the particular artifact and what importance it holds in terms of the election and…

Reconstruction in The South to the 1900s After the Civil War, r econstruction was a difficult process, especially in the South. during this reconstruction process there was a lot of plans and changes like Lincoln’s plan and how people like Wade and Davis try to change it. Also during reconstruction there was a lot changing for the blacks as well. December of 1863, Abraham Lincoln had a plan of Reconstruction which is known as the Ten-Percent Plan. At least 10 percent of state voters takes a…

Booth and several associates hatched a plot to kidnap the president and take him to Richmond, the confederate capital. On March 20,1865 the day of the planned kidnapping, Lincoln failed to show. Booth then plotted the assassination of Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. Booth believed that killing the president and two of his possible successors would throw the Us government into disarray. On April 14, 1865 Lincoln was to attend Our American Cousin at Ford's theater . Booth knew…

Pierpont in Virginia. Now the second interesting fact of the Johnson era is that on May 29th, 1865, that the President announced he would like to express his own “proclamation of amnesty” (206). What this amnesty proclamation entailed was a very simply act in itself. Which, was taking a simple oath of allegiance many…

Eric Foner’s “A Short History of Reconstruction” is an updated, abridged edition of “Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution.” This book redefines how the Reconstruction Era is viewed, in ways historians have not done before. Foner chronologically starts with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to validate his statement that “Reconstruction was not only a specific time period, but also the beginning of an extended historical process: the adjustment of American society to the end of…